FNUS73 KUNR 111434
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HUMPHREY DRAW...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
834 AM MDT SUN APR 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...THE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE VARIABLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH
NORTHEAST-EAST WINDS. THE INVERSION HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 1700
FT AGL BY 1100 AM...AND THE INVERSION IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETELY BREAK BY AROUND
100 PM MDT.

AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S OVER MOST LOCATIONS
ON MONDAY. INCREASING SOUTH TO EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 14 TO 18 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING EAST 14 TO 18 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO AROUND 27 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 TO 5600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 18 MPH IN THE MORNING...SOUTHEAST AROUND 27 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
                    SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
                    WINDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 22
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...OSCAR KNUDTTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100411.HUMPH.01/UNR