FNUS73 KUNR 091432
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTON...HPD BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
832 AM MDT MON AUG 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0805 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING WITH CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH THE STRONGER STORMS
CAPABLE OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 90S WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF
15 TO 20 PERCENT. TONIGHT...LOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID 50S WITH
FAIR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY.

TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY WITH HIGHS AROUND
90 AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........75 AT REQUEST...MAX 94.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO
                    20 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 22 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................32 PERCENT DECREASING TO 14 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...LC
REQUESTED BY...GREG BUCKALEW
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100809.WESTO.01/UNR