FNUS73 KUNR 061259
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR...SD-GPC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
659 AM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0644 MDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE CENTRAL
BLACK HILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND ALSO CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
STORMS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 7 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 21 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10400 TO 11400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 TO 1400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 22 TO
                    25 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 13 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE
                    GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12700 TO 13700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12
                    TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...CALDERON
REQUESTED BY...THIEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100806.BEAR_.01/UNR