FNUS73 KUNR 010447
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR APPLE...GREAT PLAINS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1047 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2228 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...OVERNIGHT...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH GENERALLY POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RECOVERY. ON SUNDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WHILE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
DROP INTO THE TEENS. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST
IN THE EVENING AND INCREASE AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. COOLER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...THOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE
LOW WITH GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT REQUEST...MIN 48.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH.
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 16 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 21 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9300 TO 10300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH .
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...E 671
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120331.APPLE.03/UNR