FNUS73 KUNR 190043
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR COAL GULCH FIRE...CAMPBELL COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
643 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1828 MDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE GOOD TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...THEN SOUTH AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL INCREASE TO
10 TO 15 MPH. SUNDAY WILL BE HOT AND DRY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 200 TO 700 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 TO 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...ROD WARNE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090718.COALG.01/UNR