FNUS73 KUNR 070134
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKULL CREEK COMPLEX...COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
734 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1910 MDT ON JUNE 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...THE WIND WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT TONIGHT BUT WILL BE
HIGHLY VARIABLE IN DIRECTION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE EVENING...WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHERLY AROUND
                    8 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTHEASTERLY AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE NIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 200 TO 800 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    9 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................49 PERCENT.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 TO 8400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...EDDIE HUTTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120606.SKULL.02/UNR