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Spot Forecast for Schleef NTGP...IA-SWF
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
747 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Warm and sunny today, with highs 55-60 degrees. Winds will
initially be northwesterly 5-10 mph, becoming southeasterly
between 5-9 pm CDT. Winds remain about 5-10 mph overnight. Gusts
are expected to be minimal, but occasional gusts to 15 mph are
possible. Winds and gusts are expected to remain southeasterly and
increase after sunrise Sunday morning to around 10-15 mph, with
gusts to 20 mph.

Dew points will be between 25-30 deg F, and relative humidity
will be between 25-30%. Despite these lower values, the light
winds keep Grassland Fire Danger in the moderate category for
today. Mixing heights this morning are initially low, around 500
ft AGL but will inures through the early afternoon to around 5000
ft AGL. Smoke dispersal later this morning and afternoon should
be good.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........28 percent.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR
Sky (%).........6   2   4   5   8   7   4   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  43  46  49  51  53  56  56  57
Dewpoint........28  28  28  27  27  26  26  26  26
RH..............64  55  49  42  39  35  32  31  30
20 FT wind dir..N   NNW NNW NNW NNW NNW NW  NNW NNW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   9   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  14  14  13  13  12  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.5 4.6 5.5 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.7
Transp wind dir.N   N   NNW NNW NNW NW  WNW WNW WNW
Transp wind spd.12  12  14  13  13  12  10  9   9
Smoke Dispersal.FR  FR  GD  EX  EX  EX  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........77 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
Sky (%).........2   2   3   3   3   3   8   12  16  22  31  40
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............58  56  52  47  45  43  42  40  39  38  37  36
Dewpoint........25  25  26  27  28  28  29  29  29  29  29  29
RH..............28  30  35  45  51  55  60  64  67  70  74  76
20 FT wind dir..NNW ENE ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  ESE ESE ESE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.10  9   9   8   10  12  12  13  13  14  15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...6.3 2.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.WNW WNW ESE SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   8   9   10  12  13  13  15  15  15
Smoke Dispersal.GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SUNDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........46 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY
Sky (%).........49  58  62  64  66  72  75  78  83  89  95  95
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   20  20  20  80  80  80  90  90
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  0   0
Temp............36  35  38  42  48  50  52  54  55  54  53  52
Dewpoint........28  29  30  31  32  33  33  34  35  36  38  40
RH..............73  77  72  66  54  52  47  46  47  51  57  64
20 FT wind dir..ESE ESE ESE ESE ESE E   E   E   E   ENE ENE ENE
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  10  12  13  13  14  14  15  15  16
20 FT wind gust.16  16  17  18  21  20  20  21  22  23  23  24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.3 1.7 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5
Transp wind dir.ESE ESE SE  SE  ESE E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.16  15  16  18  18  17  18  18  20  21  22  23
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...AP
Requested by...Fred Pena
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511057.0/FSD
.DELDT 04/19/25
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