FNUS73 KUNR 111649
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR AIRPORT FIRE...WY-WEX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1049 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1024 MDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING
AS DRIER AIR ALOFT MIXES TOWARDS THE SURFACE. THE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED
TO MOISTEN SOME THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS NEAR THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME VARIABLE AND VERY GUSTY.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 TO 5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 TO 900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 TO 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 22
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL TYSDEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110711.AIRPO.01/UNR