FNUS73 KUNR 201551
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR WOUNDED KNEE RX...BIA/PINE RIDGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
951 AM MDT SUN SEP 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...COLD FRONT PASSAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING INTO FAR WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA WILL APPROACH THE BURN SITE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  SOUTH TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
AND BECOME GUSTY...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL REMAIN
GUSTY OVERNIGHT...AND WILL INCREASE FOR MONDAY. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...
WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION COMING TONIGHT. THE HAINES
INDEX WILL BE 5 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...DECREASING AFTER FRONTAL
PASSAGE.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    AROUND 1300. GUSTS TO 25 CAN BE EXPECTED.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 TO 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 15 TO
                    25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...DOUVILLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090920.WOUND.01/UNR