FNUS73 KUNR 012256
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLANDS...SD-BKF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
456 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1635 MDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE AREA WILL BRING A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE
STORMS MAY BRING VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STORMS HAVE
ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS CROOK AND WESTON COUNTIES IN
WYOMING...AND ARE PUSHING TOWARD THE WILDFIRE.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF TO THE HEAT
MONDAY...BUT WILL BRING SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE TO THE AREA AND A
WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63.
RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH BECOMING NORTH 7 TO
                    12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................13 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 TO 1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 26
                    TO 28 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 90.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 9 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11600 TO 12600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 7 TO 14
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CALDERON
REQUESTED BY...WHITE DRAW WX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120701.HIGHL.01/UNR