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Spot Forecast for Bothwell WPA...FWS
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
528 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Winds will be variable in direction today, starting off from the
northeast early, then generally swinging around to the east this
morning and southeast by midday, as a surface high pressure ridge
slides across the area.

Confidence in wind speeds today is moderate, as winds within and
following the passage of the ridge axis may be lighter and more
variable in direction than indicated in the tabular data below.

Greater confidence in warm temperatures and very low humidity,
with RH falling below 40% by mid morning and below 20% after
noon CDT.

.TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........16 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Sky (%).........4   4   3   3   2   3   9   7   4   3   2   1
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............52  51  54  59  66  70  74  77  80  81  83  83
Dewpoint........34  34  34  34  34  33  31  31  31  31  32  32
RH..............49  52  47  39  30  25  20  19  17  16  16  16
20 FT wind dir..ENE E   E   E   ESE ESE SE  SE  SE  SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..10  10  11  11  12  12  12  13  13  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.12  16  17  16  15  15  17  19  19  20  20  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.4 3.3 4.1 5.3 6.9 7.8 7.9
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   ESE SE  SSE S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  16  20  18  17  17  16  15  16  16  16  17
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........49 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR
Sky (%).........3   4   9   10  11  10  5   6   5   5   5   8
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............83  81  77  72  68  67  66  65  63  62  61  61
Dewpoint........32  32  32  32  33  33  33  34  35  36  37  38
RH..............16  17  19  23  27  28  29  31  35  38  41  42
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..15  15  14  14  14  14  16  17  17  17  17  17
20 FT wind gust.24  23  20  22  23  24  28  29  29  30  30  29
Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 4.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  17  16  15  18  21  22  23  24  23  24  23
Smoke Dispersal.EX  EX  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  PR  PR  PR

.SUNDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........16 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Sky (%).........8   16  15  7   3   3   3   2   2   1   1   2
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............60  59  63  67  74  79  83  86  88  88  88  88
Dewpoint........39  40  41  41  41  41  41  40  39  38  37  36
RH..............46  49  44  39  30  26  23  20  18  17  16  16
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..17  17  20  22  24  25  26  28  29  29  29  29
20 FT wind gust.28  28  30  31  33  36  37  40  41  43  43  41
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.8 4.7 6.6 6.9 7.2 7.5 6.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.22  22  23  24  24  26  28  29  30  31  32  32
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

$$
Forecaster...JH
Requested by...Jade Drause
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2513677.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jade_drause@fws.gov