Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
900 FNUS73 KFSD 130255 FWSFSD Spot Forecast for Lake Henry RX...South Dakota Game FIsh and Parks National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 955 PM CDT Sun May 12 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Light north or northeast wind and poor smoke dispersion through 8 AM. Winds will increase through the morning. Smoke dispersion improves by mid day with winds becoming more NNE at sustained 10 to 15 mph with occasional gusts up to 20 mph. Latest high resolution models suggest areas of smoke from Canadian wildfires will filter through aloft and may reach the surface across southeast South Dakota tonight, lingering through the day Monday. Upstream observations with visibility as low as 4 miles has been observed in this near surface smoke. Temperatures, initially starting in the upper 40s, will warm to around 70 degrees with a afternoon minimum humidity around 30 percent. The next chance of rain comes Tuesday night. .MONDAY... Max temperature.....Around 70. Min humidity........34 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR Sky (%).........19 5 3 4 4 6 Weather cov..... AREAS AREAS Weather type....NONE NONE NONE SMOKE SMOKE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 53 62 66 69 70 Dewpoint........39 40 41 40 40 41 RH..............67 62 47 38 34 35 20 ft wind......NE 10 ENE 12 ENE 12 NE 12 NNE 10 NNE 12 20 ft wind gust.17 18 15 15 15 14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 900 2000 5100 6300 6400 Transport wind..ENE 14 E 16 ENE 15 NNE 14 N 15 N 15 Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 Smoke Dispersal.POOR FAIR FAIR EXCEL EXCEL EXCEL .MONDAY NIGHT... Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........76 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR Sky (%).........4 3 2 1 2 2 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............69 64 56 52 49 47 Dewpoint........40 40 40 39 39 38 RH..............34 41 55 61 67 71 20 ft wind......NE 10 ENE 9 ENE 9 ENE 8 E 8 E 8 20 ft wind gust.13 12 12 12 12 12 Mix hgt (ft)....5700 700 400 400 400 400 Transport wind..N 14 NE 12 NE 12 ENE 10 ENE 10 E 10 Haines index....4 4 4 4 5 5 Smoke Dispersal.EXCEL POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...BP Requested by...Jonny Pfeifer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413891.0/FSD .DELDT 05/12/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0