FNUS73 KUNR 022102
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLANDS...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
302 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
GUSTY WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING
WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE FIRE AREA.
CURRENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE FIRE AREA
SHOULD DRIFT TO THE NORTH AND DISSIPATE. LIGHT WEST WINDS SHOULD
BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME
BREEZY. WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. IN
ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ABRUPTLY SWITCH WINDS AROUND
TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 TO 12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

$$
FORECASTER...SR
REQUESTED BY...HIGHLANDS IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120702.HIGHL.01/UNR