Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD
322 FNUS73 KFSD 301301 FWSFSD Spot Forecast for TNC-HIM...The Nature Conservancy National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 801 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Another mild day is ahead in southwestern MN with highs mainly in the low 50s. As mixing increase just after daybreak, should see light northeasterly winds gradually become more northwesterly into the early afternoon. Conditions could become marginally breezy with 15-25 mph gusts possible through early evening. Otherwise, smoke dispersal will gradually improve with the increasing wind speeds. Lastly, additional scattered showers with an occasional rumble of thunder will be possible starting as early as 12 pm and will intermittently continue through 10 pm or later keeping our relative humidity values elevated for the day. .TODAY... Max temperature.....Around 50. Min humidity........44 percent. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR MCR PC MC MC MC MC MC Sky (%).........18 10 3 9 26 53 64 70 63 64 Weather cov.....ARS SCH SCH CHC CHC Weather type....FST RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ SCH SCH CHC CHC Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 30 Chc of thdr (%).10 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 30 Temp............37 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 48 Dewpoint........27 28 27 26 27 27 27 27 28 29 RH..............67 64 57 53 49 47 45 44 44 47 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N NNW NW NW WNW NW 20 FT wind spd..8 9 9 9 10 13 13 14 14 14 20 FT wind gust.13 15 15 16 16 18 20 21 21 20 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.8 3.4 4.9 5.9 6.7 7.2 6.8 6.5 6.0 Transp wind dir.N N N N NNW NW NW NW WNW WNW Transp wind spd.12 13 13 14 15 14 16 17 20 20 Smoke Dispersal.PR FR GD GD EX EX EX EX EX EX .TONIGHT... Min temperature.....Around 30. Max humidity........89 percent. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC Sky (%).........62 57 55 56 58 57 47 40 31 33 37 31 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH ARS ARS WID WID WID WID Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW FST FST FST FST FST FST Tstm cov........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 Chc of thdr (%).30 30 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............47 46 42 40 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 Dewpoint........30 30 31 31 32 31 32 30 30 30 28 28 RH..............51 53 65 70 79 79 85 82 85 89 85 88 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NNW NNW N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..13 12 10 9 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 20 FT wind gust.18 17 15 13 12 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 4.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 Transp wind dir.WNW NW NNW N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.20 20 10 14 12 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 Smoke Dispersal.EX EX PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .FRIDAY... Max temperature.....Around 50. Min humidity........36 percent. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC PC Sky (%).........23 36 40 34 31 31 35 43 43 42 51 44 Weather cov.....WID WID WID Weather type....FST FST FST Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............31 30 32 36 40 43 44 46 47 49 49 50 Dewpoint........27 27 28 28 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 24 RH..............85 88 85 72 59 51 49 43 42 37 37 36 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..7 7 8 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 1.2 3.4 4.6 5.2 5.8 6.4 7.0 7.2 7.4 6.9 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.9 9 12 16 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 Smoke Dispersal.PR PR PR GD EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX $$ Forecaster...IG Requested by...Joe Blastick Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612220.0/FSD .DELDT 04/30/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jblastick@tnc.org