Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
060
FNUS73 KFSD 111351
FWSFSD

Spot Forecast for Camden SW...MN DNR
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
851 AM CDT Mon May 11 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Warm temperatures and breezy conditions will combine with a
dry air mass to bring elevated fire concerns for this afternoon.
Highs today will climb into the upper 70s, with lows tonight in the
mid 50s. Minimum relative humidity will fall to around 24%. Winds
this morning are light and variable but will increase and become
southerly as the morning progresses. Afternoon peak winds will be
10-15 mph sustained with gusts 20-25 mph. Late this evening winds
will become south to southeast and increase further ahead of an
approaching cold front. Gusts of 30-35 mph will continue through
sunrise.

Tuesday fire concerns increase with highs in the mid to upper 70s
with relative humidity falling to critical levels around 20%.
Winds will begin to turn west, then northwest behind a cold front
and increase from shortly after sunrise and peak in the
afternoon. Sustained winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 35 mph are
expected. Winds decrease Tuesday evening and become light.

.REST OF TODAY...

Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........25 percent.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Sky (%).........9   12  15  21  30  29  41  48  42
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............48  52  59  63  64  68  70  71  72
Dewpoint........29  29  29  28  29  31  33  34  36
RH..............47  41  32  26  27  25  25  26  27
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   10  12  13  14  14  16  17  18
20 FT wind gust.    12  16  18  20  21  23  25  26
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.2 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.13  12  13  14  14  16  17  21  22
Smoke Dispersal.PR  FR  GD  GD  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX

.TONIGHT...

Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........61 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  MC  MC  MC
Sky (%).........43  49  42  58  80  69  64  56  49  53  63  76
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  20  20  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  0   0
Temp............72  71  70  65  64  63  63  63  62  61  59  57
Dewpoint........37  40  40  40  40  41  42  43  43  44  44  43
RH..............28  32  34  40  41  44  46  48  50  53  57  59
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   SSW SSW WSW W
20 FT wind spd..18  17  18  20  21  22  23  24  23  21  21  20
20 FT wind gust.26  25  26  29  30  30  32  35  32  29  28  26
Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 2.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   SSE SSE S   S   S   SSW SSW SW  WSW W
Transp wind spd.25  24  21  22  24  26  28  26  26  23  21  21
Smoke Dispersal.EX  EX  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR  PR

.TUESDAY...

Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........27 percent.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  PC  PC  MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR
Sky (%).........64  47  35  21  15  2   2   3   2   4   7   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  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............56  54  56  59  63  65  67  69  70  71  71  72
Dewpoint........42  41  41  41  40  39  37  36  36  35  35  35
RH..............59  61  57  51  43  38  33  30  29  27  27  27
20 FT wind dir..WNW NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..18  17  18  22  24  26  28  29  30  30  29  29
20 FT wind gust.26  26  28  29  31  32  35  36  37  38  37  37
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 2.3 3.3 4.1 5.1 6.3 7.0 8.0 8.3 8.8 8.6
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.23  24  28  30  30  31  32  32  33  33  36  33
Smoke Dispersal.FR  FR  GD  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX  EX

$$
Forecaster...AP
Requested by...B. Thompson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613326.0/FSD
.DELDT 05/11/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL becky.thompson@state.mn.us