424 FNUS73 KFSD 101018 FWSFSD Spot Forecast for Lake Thompson Rec Area- Wildlife...SDGFP National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 518 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure located over eastern South Dakota this morning will slowly lift northeast through the afternoon and tonight. Wind direction will be somewhat variable into at least early afternoon, but should begin to favor a bit more easterly direction by late afternoon. As temperatures warm to around 70, dew points today will remain in the 40s, yielding afternoon humidity levels from 30-40 percent. We will see increasing southeast to south winds for Wednesday and Thursday, accompanied by warmer temperatures, increasing humidity levels and a chance for scattered thunderstorms. .REST OF TODAY... Max temperature.....69-74. Min humidity........32 percent. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MC MC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR Sky (%).........81 60 49 42 34 14 11 6 3 4 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............52 56 59 62 64 67 68 70 71 71 Dewpoint........45 45 44 43 41 40 40 41 40 41 RH..............77 66 57 50 43 37 36 35 32 34 20 FT wind dir..NE NNE NNE N NNW NW ENE NE ESE E 20 FT wind spd..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT wind gust. 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.8 2.6 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.1 4.9 Transp wind dir.NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE ENE E ESE ESE Transp wind spd.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 Smoke dispersal.PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR GD GD .TONIGHT... Min temperature.....49-54. Max humidity........74 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR Sky (%).........8 5 6 10 14 25 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............70 66 59 56 54 52 Dewpoint........42 45 44 45 44 44 RH..............36 47 57 66 69 74 20 ft wind......ESE 8 E 8 E 9 E 10 E 12 E 13 20 ft wind gust. 14 17 18 Mix hgt (ft)....4700 1100 300 300 300 300 Transport wind..ESE 8 E 8 E 9 E 13 E 17 E 14 Haines index....4 4 4 4 3 3 Smoke dispersal.GOOD POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR .WEDNESDAY... Max temperature.....77-82. Min humidity........60 percent. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky cover.......PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY Sky (%).........35 50 72 66 64 66 Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE Chc of pcpn (%).0 20 20 20 30 50 Temp............53 57 65 71 77 79 Dewpoint........44 48 54 58 62 64 RH..............71 72 68 63 60 60 20 ft wind......E 14 E 17 ESE 18 SE 18 SE 20 SE 20 20 ft wind gust.22 29 29 29 28 28 Mix hgt (ft)....400 700 1200 2000 2900 3800 Transport wind..E 22 E 29 ESE 29 SE 29 SSE 28 SSE 28 Haines index....3 4 4 4 4 4 Smoke dispersal.POOR FAIR GOOD GOOD EXCEL EXCEL $$ Forecaster...JH Requested by...Jon Pfeifer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2211519.0/FSD .DELDT 05/10/22 .FormatterVersion 1.0.25