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SPOT FORECAST FOR DEAD END BERRETTA...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
952 AM MST MON NOV 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 MST ON NOVEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS HIGH CLOUDS
CROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 70S
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TUESDAY BRINGING
UNSETTLED WEATHER AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. RAIN SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
SHOWERS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
WILL DROP THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE FRONT PASSES...REACHING THE
30S BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73.
RH..................MIN 19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING SOUTH WINDS
                    7 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 TO 2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 TO 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND
                    14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 40.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO
                    24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................22 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 TO 900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 TO 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...CALDERON
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101108.DEADE.01/UNR