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Spot Forecast for Kafka RX burn training...usda-nrcs
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
742 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Winds will be a bit variable this morning but should be mostly
northerly. By early to mid afternoon, isolated showers and
thunderstorms will be possible with coverage expected to
increase late afternoon into the evening. A few storms could
contain locally heavy rain and small hail as well as strong
and variable wind gusts.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........44 percent.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........50  49  48  50  52  54  54
Weather cov.....        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC
Weather type....        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  20  20  20  30  30
Temp............59  62  65  66  67  68  66
Dewpoint........43  44  44  44  45  45  44
RH..............55  52  47  45  45  44  44
20 FT wind dir..N   NNE NNE NNE N   N   NNW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  9   10  10  12
20 FT wind gust.15  14  13  13  14  13  17
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.9 4.5
Transp wind dir.NNE NNE NNE NNE N   NNE NNW
Transp wind spd.12  12  12  12  12  10  13
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Smoke Dispersal.FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........100 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Sky (%).........53     54     55     54     60     73
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC  S CHC                       S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).30     20     20     30     40     40
Temp............65     59     54     50     48     47
Dewpoint........44     46     46     46     46     47
RH..............46     63     75     85     92     100
20 ft wind......NNW 13 N 10   N 10   N 9    NNW 9  N 9
20 ft wind gust.17     18     15     13     13     13
Mix hgt (ft)....3000   1200   500    400    500    500
Transport wind..NNW 16 NNW 14 NNE 13 N 10   NNE 12 N 10
Haines index....5      5      5      5      4      4
Smoke Dispersal.GOOD   FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.THURSDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........44 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Sky (%).........74     72     65     56     48     41
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40     30     20     20     20     20
Temp............45     47     54     60     64     66
Dewpoint........45     47     48     48     45     44
RH..............99     98     80     64     50     44
20 ft wind......NNW 9  N 10   N 13   N 14   N 14   N 14
20 ft wind gust.13     16     17     20     20     18
Mix hgt (ft)....500    800    1900   3600   5300   6100
Transport wind..N 12   N 13   N 17   N 18   N 18   N 18
Haines index....4      3      3      3      4      4
Smoke Dispersal.POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL  EXCEL

$$
Forecaster...Weisser
Requested by...brent woods
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413472.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0