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Spot Forecast for Diamond lake wf...USFWS
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1119 AM CST Mon Mar 3 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High level clouds will be on the increase this afternoon
with a continuation of strong and gusty southerly winds...which should
trend gradually more toward southerly from a south-southwest direction.
Winds will taper a bit toward and after sunset, but still remain somewhat
gusty into the evening, at which point the chance for a little light
rainfall and drizzle will increase as one heads through the night.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........50 percent.

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........18  17  15  47  68  73  78
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  53  57  58  59  60  58
Dewpoint........38  39  42  41  41  41  41
RH..............60  59  57  53  51  49  53
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..15  16  17  18  18  18  16
20 FT wind gust.26  27  27  26  26  25  25
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.9 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.4 1.5
Transp wind dir.SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.22  24  26  27  30  30  25
Smoke Dispersal.FR  GD  GD  EX  EX  EX  GD

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........100 percent.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
Sky (%).........86     92     94     88     89     88
Weather cov.....       CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RAIN   DRZL   RAIN   DRZL
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10     10     20     20     40     50
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............55     49     47     46     45     43
Dewpoint........41     41     42     42     42     41
RH..............59     74     83     86     89     91
20 ft wind......S 14   S 14   S 10   SSE 9  SSE 7  ESE 8
20 ft wind gust.25     20     17     15     13     14
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1000   1000   800    700    500
Transport wind..S 22   S 22   S 20   S 15   S 12   SSE 12
Smoke Dispersal.FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.TUESDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........89 percent.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Sky (%).........89  91  93  94  95  95  96  95  95  94  94  94
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).60  60  60  90  90  90  100 100 100 100 100 100
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............43  41  43  44  46  46  46  45  44  43  42  40
Dewpoint........42  41  43  44  44  44  44  43  42  41  39  38
RH..............98  100 100 100 93  93  93  93  93  93  89  92
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   ENE ENE NE  NNE NNE N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   9   10  13  16  18  21  24  28  30  33  36
20 FT wind gust.14  14  16  18  22  24  28  32  37  40  44  45
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  ESE E   E   NE  NNE NNE N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  14  15  17  20  22  25  29  33  37
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Chapman
Requested by...Trever elg
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2504773.0/FSD
.DELDT 03/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0