FNUS73 KUNR 241622
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIONEER RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
922 AM MST TUE JAN 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW THIS MORNING...BUT THE STORM WILL
BE MOVING EAST THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING AN END TO THE SNOW. SKIES
WILL CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. A WARM FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT...SWITCHING THE WINDS TOWARD
SOUTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE MUCH WARMER WEDNESDAY
WITH SOME PASSING MID TO HIGH CLOUDS. A STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS
WELL TO OUR NORTH...AND THIS WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT FROM
SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHWEST BY AFTERNOON. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL
STAY NORTH OF THE AREA.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW ENDING AROUND NOON...THEN CLEARING SKIES.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR EARLY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 13.
RH..................MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 13 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 TO 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 16
                    TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MB
REQUESTED BY...MATT TSCHACHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120126.PIONE.01/UNR