FNUS73 KUNR 250148
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCKENNA SPRINGS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
748 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1931 MDT ON JUNE 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP CLOUDY
SKIES OVER THE BURN AREA FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE EVENING. SOME
ERRATIC WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE DECAYING STORMS.
OTHERWISE...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT
WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
MONDAY...BUT COVERAGE WILL BE LOW. ABUNDANT UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL ALLOW FOR CONSIDERABLE MID AND UPPER CLOUDS...CAUSING DIFFUSE
SUNLIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID 60S OVERNIGHT...
WITH BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS. THE EAST FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH BECAUSE OF
                    DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS...OTHERWISE BECOMING EAST
                    6 TO 14 MPH LATE THIS EVENING.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 TO 700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7
                    TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 94.
RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 TO 7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 17
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO GOOD EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...
                    THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MB
REQUESTED BY...ST 660
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120624.MCKEN.03/UNR