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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE SLIDE...GPC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
920 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2101 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
FIRE LATER TONIGHT BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE BENIGN UNTIL AT
LEAST 11 PM MDT.  AN UNSETTLED WEATHR PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE MOST OF THIS WEEK.  THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH
CROSSES THE REGION.  TUESDAY WILL BE THE COOLEST DAY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHING THE 80S
BY THURSDAY.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........61 AT REQUEST...MIN 54.
RH..................65 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 9 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................12 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 TO 1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3
                    TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 TO 7200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

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FORECASTER...DC
REQUESTED BY...CREW-8
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110808.WHITE.01/UNR