433 FNUS73 KFSD 251750 FWSFSD SPOT FORECAST FOR USACE NORTH ALABAMA BEND...US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1250 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 243 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2014 MODERATE FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TODAY. WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BE COUNTERED BY LIGHTER WINDS THAN THURSDAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE RATHER VARIABLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A VERY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT...BUT WILL PRIMARILY FAVOR AN EAST OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AGAIN FROM THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY... AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF RAIN WILL BEGIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE RAIN TREAT WILL BEGIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MILD TO WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BECOME COOLER BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR % SKY COVER.....17 17 17 18 18 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............71 73 75 76 77 77 RH..............21 19 18 17 17 17 DEWPOINT........29 29 29 29 28 28 20 FT WIND DIR..NE N NW WNW NW NNW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FR FR FR FR FR FR .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52. MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY % SKY COVER.....18 26 33 40 43 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 68 60 55 53 52 RH..............17 24 34 42 47 50 DEWPOINT........29 30 31 33 34 34 20 FT WIND......N 5 NE 6 ENE 8 E 9 E 12 E 14 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 20 SMOKE DISPERSAL.FAIR POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .SATURDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY % SKY COVER.....45 44 44 45 54 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 54 62 68 72 73 RH..............58 54 46 40 37 37 DEWPOINT........36 38 41 43 44 45 20 FT WIND......E 14 E 18 E 22 ESE 24 ESE 25 ESE 25 20 FT WIND GUST.20 30 30 35 35 35 SMOKE DISPERSAL.POOR FAIR GOOD EXCEL EXCEL EXCEL WEATHER TYPE ABBREVIATIONS 1) T = THUNDERSTORMS 2) R = RAIN 3) RW = RAIN SHOWERS 4) L = DRIZZLE 5) ZR = FREEZING RAIN 6) ZL = FREEZING DRIZZLE 7) S = SNOW 8) SW = SNOW SHOWERS 9) IP = ICE PELLETS 10) F = FOG 11) ZF = FREEZING FOG 12) IC = ICE CRYSTALS 13) H = HAZE 14) BS = BLOWING SNOW 15) K = SMOKE 16) BD = BLOWING DUST 17) FR = FROST $$ FORECASTER...MG REQUESTED BY...MARK MASTERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20140425.USACE.01/FSD