884  
FNUS73 KFSD 040912  
FWSFSD  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN KETTLE GRASSLANDS - TRAILBLAZERS OPS DAY...TRAILBLAZERS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
412 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT  
THE DAY. THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY  
AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL ALSO BE  
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.  
   
TODAY  
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC  
SKY (%).........90 97 87 79 75 77 83 83 80 79 75 69  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 30 20 20 30 20 20 50 50 40 30 30  
CHC OF THDR (%).30 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 10  
TEMP............67 67 69 69 72 74 75 76 76 77 78 77  
DEWPOINT........62 63 64 66 66 67 68 67 67 67 68 67  
RH..............84 87 84 90 81 79 79 74 74 71 71 71  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SSW SSW S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 16 16 16 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SSW S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 10 12 14 14 14 14 15 16 14 13  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR GD GD FR FR  
   
TONIGHT  
 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC  
SKY (%).........60 63 51 74 70 78 67 57 69 60 65 77  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 20 20 20 20 10 10 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 40 30 30 30 30 30 10 0 0 0 20  
TEMP............77 77 74 71 70 68 67 66 66 66 65 64  
DEWPOINT........66 65 65 65 64 64 64 63 64 64 63 64  
RH..............69 67 74 81 81 87 90 90 93 93 93 100  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SSE SSE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SE SE ESE  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 18 16 14 13 12 10 9 7 6 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.9 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SSE SE SE SE SE SE SSE SSE SSE SE SSE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 14 13 13 12 10 10 9 7 6 6 5  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.FR FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
FRIDAY  
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC PC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC  
SKY (%).........78 83 71 55 48 64 58 39 36 46 40 33  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30  
TEMP............64 62 65 67 72 74 77 79 81 83 84 85  
DEWPOINT........64 62 65 66 66 67 68 67 67 67 67 67  
RH..............100 100 100 97 81 79 74 67 63 59 57 55  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE ESE E SW S SE SSE S ESE SE S SSE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 7 7 9 10 12 13 13 13 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S ESE SE E SSE SSE SSE SSE NNW ENE N  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 7 8 9 8 7 8 7 8 10 9 10  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR PR PR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR GD  
 
 
FORECASTER...WEISSER  
REQUESTED BY...ALISSA PUFFETT - BLUE DIVISION  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2614939.0/FSD  
.DELDT 06/04/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ALISSA.PUFFETT@DNR.IOWA.GOV  
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