FNUS73 KUNR 202115
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
315 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE AREA...THEN BECOME SOUTHEAST TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM TO NEAR 75 DEGREES UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 TO 6200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 17 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SS
REQUESTED BY...CORY RICHARDSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100921.COTTO.02/UNR