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Spot Forecast for Schmidt Fire...dcfd
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1131 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Hot conditions through the day, with a south to southwest wind averaging
about 10 to 15 mph. Late this afternoon into the evening a very isolated
shower is possible. If any showers can develop, locally gusty winds to
around 35 mph will be possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........43 percent.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........2   2   6   12  13  6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............89  91  92  94  94  94
Dewpoint........70  68  68  67  67  67
RH..............53  47  44  42  41  40
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.14  14  15  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 7.0 7.4 7.9 7.8 7.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  WSW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  12
Smoke Dispersal.GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 73.
Max humidity........81 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........6   1   5   10  6   7   5   5   5   18  13  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............94  93  92  88  84  82  82  81  79  77  75  74
Dewpoint........67  67  68  69  68  68  68  68  67  67  67  67
RH..............41  42  46  53  59  63  63  65  67  71  76  79
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE E
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   8   8   7   6   6   5   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.13  12  13  15  15  14  12  12  9   8   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...7.2 4.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SSW SSW SSW S   SSW SSW SSW SW  W   NNW N
Transp wind spd.10  12  12  12  12  13  12  12  10  9   8   7
Smoke Dispersal.EX  GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SATURDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........39 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Sky (%).........26  38  16  4   5   15  18  15  13  16  16  9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  73  75  78  83  86  87  89  91  92  92  93
Dewpoint........66  67  68  68  68  68  67  67  66  65  64  64
RH..............76  81  79  71  61  55  52  48  44  41  40  39
20 FT wind dir..ENE ENE NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   1   2   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.5   3   5   6   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.0 3.7 4.5 4.5 5.5 5.8 6.0
Transp wind dir.NNE NE  NE  NE  NE  NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE NE
Transp wind spd.7   8   10  12  12  12  12  12  7   8   10  10
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  FR  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Weisser
Requested by...Koinzan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2617596.0/FSD
.DELDT 07/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gkoinzan@southsiouxcity.org