FNUS73 KUNR 011312
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARTIN RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
712 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON JUNE 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH POSSIBLY A LIGHT ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM...WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH CHANCES
DECREASING BY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND
70...WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP INTO THE 30S. WINDS WILL
INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE EXCELLENT.  THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY
EARLY THIS EVENING.  A QUIET DAY IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WHILE
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO ABOVE AVERAGE. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY
AND LIGHT.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 TO 8600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 17 TO
                    26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9
                    TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDESTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 TO 7800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...GWEN LIPP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120601.MARTI.02/UNR