442  
FNUS73 KFSD 251654  
FWSFSD  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR POND UNIT...PHEASANTS FOREVER  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1154 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S AND  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 30% OR LESS. WINDS WILL BE  
LIGHTLY BREEZY OUT OF THE WEST BETWEEN 5-10 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15  
MPH. PLEASE NOTE, IF WE MIX MORE THAN ANTICIPATED WE COULD SEE  
GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.  
 
WINDS INCREASE AND TURN NORTHERLY AROUND TO SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK  
THURSDAY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25-35 MPH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH  
THE REGION. A FEW 40+ MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW LONG THE STRONGER WINDS  
WILL LAST. CURRENT GUIDANCE HAS THE PEAK GUSTS OCCURRING IN THE LATE  
MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH THE  
AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHERLY AROUND 10 MPH WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO AROUND 50% FOR  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.  
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC  
SKY (%).........21 25 30 30 27 44  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............61 67 71 72 73 74  
RH..............39 34 30 30 28 27  
20 FT WIND DIR..W WNW WNW WNW W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 13 14 16 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.5 2.7 3.9 4.9 4.5  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.PR PR FR GD EX GD  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.  
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC MC MC MC MC  
SKY (%).........47 55 60 61 68 56 54 49 52 58 66 68  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............72 69 66 60 56 55 53 52 51 50 49 46  
RH..............30 35 37 44 51 57 59 61 66 68 71 76  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W WSW S SSE SSE SE ESE ENE NNE NNE  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 14 17 20  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 9 8 8 8 8 13 15 21 26 30  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC PC MC MC  
SKY (%).........46 55 52 55 58 53 47 42 46 50 54 56  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............45 43 41 42 43 43 43 43 43 44 43 42  
RH..............79 86 82 76 70 65 57 53 49 43 43 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..NNE NNE N N N N N N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..22 24 25 25 25 25 26 25 24 23 22 21  
20 FT WIND GUST.33 36 37 37 37 37 37 35 33 32 31 30  
 

 
FORECASTER...AP  
REQUESTED BY...COLE NEIBAUER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2607884.0/FSD  
.DELDT 03/25/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CNEIBAUER@PHEASANTSFOREVER.ORG  
 
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