FNUS73 KUNR 230409
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOWS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1009 PM MDT SUN APR 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2155 MDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...MOSLTY CLEAR SKIES WITH LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. WARM AND DRY
WEATHER WILL PREVAIL MONDAY. A WEAK TROUGH WILL PUSH EAST INTO
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
LOWER 70S.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MIN 37.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 TO 900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 TO 7800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...STOVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120422.MEADO.01/UNR