FNUS73 KUNR 312037
FWSUNR

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1407 MDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1000 AM SUNDAY TO 800 PM SUNDAY
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...

.DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY
BECOMING GUSTY AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR. ON
SUNDAY...NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED WHICH...COMBINED
WITH A DRY AIRMASS...WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INTO THE
LOWER TEENS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE BURN SITE IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON...BRINGING A WIND-SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY AT RIDGE TOP.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 TO 700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9400 TO 10400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 26 TO 31 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...CREW600
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120331.APPLE.02/UNR