FNUS73 KUNR 311058
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR APPLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
458 AM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0434 MDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1000 AM SUNDAY TO 800 PM
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE...

.DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY. VARIABLE TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS WILL BECOME
SOUTHERLY LATER THIS MORNING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS
AFTERNOON WILL DIP TO AROUND 17 PERCENT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT THEN A WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY
MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING GUSTY WEST
WINDS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 17 PERCENT. A LOW
LEVEL JET TONIGHT COULD BRING GUSTS TO 25 MPH FROM THE SOUTH
ON RIDGE-TOPS.

TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 70S...TONIGHT IN THE
UPPER 40S...AND SUNDAY IN THE UPPER 60S.

BEHIND A SECONDARY SURGE OF COOLER AIR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...THERE
IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH
                    THROUGH 1000 AM...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH...GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON
                    RIDGE-TOPS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 16 MPH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING WEST
                    15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH BY MIDDAY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

$$
FORECASTER...EH
REQUESTED BY...E671
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120331.APPLE.01/UNR