FNUS73 KUNR 162148
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
348 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1605 MDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY...AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
                    SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 16 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME
                    VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 20 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 TO 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...NZ CREW 8
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100616.HARDY.01/UNR