Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
604 FNUS73 KFSD 011013 FWSFSD Spot Forecast for Loess Hills Cooperative Burn Week 2024...Iowa DNR National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 513 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Today will start off with partly to mostly cloudy skies, with weak southwesterly winds. Could see some weak showers pass overhead between 8 to 10 AM, but little to no accumulation is expected with no threat for lightning. Throughout the rest of the day, cloud coverage will increase, with a surface high pressure sliding directly overhead, and will bring numerous changes to the wind direction. After starting with light southwesterly winds, westerly winds are expected by the mid-morning, northerly around noon, easterly by the mid afternoon hours possibly becoming southeasterly as the surface high exits the region during the late afternoon hours. May see gusts develop into the teens by the late afternoon hours, with chances for light rain building into the area throughout the afternoon hours. Overnight into Thursday, 1 to 1.25 inches of rain is expected. .REST OF TODAY... Max temperature.....Around 67. Min humidity........38 percent. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Sky (%).........79 83 85 83 83 75 72 77 83 85 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 Temp............50 53 56 59 62 64 65 66 66 66 Dewpoint........43 44 44 43 41 40 40 40 40 42 RH..............77 71 64 55 46 41 40 38 38 42 20 FT wind dir..WSW WSW W WNW N NNE ENE E E E 20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 10 20 FT wind gust.8 10 9 9 8 9 10 14 15 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 0.9 1.7 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.4 Transp wind dir.W W WNW NW N NE ENE E E E Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 13 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR .TONIGHT... Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........93 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY Sky (%).........88 92 95 98 99 100 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).30 40 30 50 100 100 Temp............64 61 55 53 51 49 Dewpoint........42 43 44 43 45 46 RH..............45 51 66 69 80 89 20 ft wind......E 10 E 10 E 13 E 15 ENE 16 E 15 20 ft wind gust.18 18 21 23 25 23 Mix hgt (ft)....1500 800 600 600 800 900 Transport wind..E 13 ESE 13 ESE 17 E 18 E 20 E 18 Haines index....5 4 4 4 3 3 Smoke Dispersal.FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .THURSDAY... Max temperature.....Around 61. Min humidity........72 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY Sky (%).........97 95 93 94 79 66 Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Chc of pcpn (%).80 80 60 60 30 30 Temp............49 50 52 55 58 60 Dewpoint........47 48 50 50 52 51 RH..............93 93 93 83 80 72 20 ft wind......E 14 E 13 E 10 N 9 NW 10 NW 13 20 ft wind gust.22 22 16 16 17 21 Mix hgt (ft)....900 1200 1300 1900 2600 3000 Transport wind..E 18 E 16 ENE 12 N 12 NW 14 NW 17 Haines index....3 2 2 2 3 3 Smoke Dispersal.POOR FAIR POOR FAIR FAIR GOOD $$ Forecaster...APT Requested by...Kody Wohlers Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412861.0/FSD .DELDT 05/01/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0