FNUS73 KUNR 022249
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARKER PEAK...HIGHLANDS IC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
448 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1619 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.
CURRENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND DISSIPATE. WINDS MAY
SHIFT TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY DRIFTS SOUTH TOWARD THE REGION. OTHERWISE EXPECT WINDS TO
REMAIN EASTERLY AND LIGHT OVERNIGHT.

LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME
BREEZY. WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S...AND 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.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 9 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10300 TO 11300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...HIGHLANDS IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120702.PARKE.02/UNR