FNUS73 KUNR 132028
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTE WHITE FIRE...MELLETTE CO FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
228 PM MDT TUE APR 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 MDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...

.DISCUSSION...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE FIRE AREA
THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING
FROM THE WEST. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 50 MPH AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CROSS THE FIRE AREA BETWEEM 500 PM AND 530 PM CDT. VARIABLE WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL
HAIL. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
THE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TO 10 TO 15 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 50 MPH AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES
                    FROM THE WEST...VARIABLE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AS THE
                    THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH...BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM CDT
                    ...THEN WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 TO 6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 50 TO 60 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 9 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 TO 700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST DECREASING TO 13 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT DECREASING TO POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 TO 10500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 36
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...BAXTOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100413.LITTE.01/UNR