FNUS73 KUNR 031116
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLANDS...SDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
516 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0457 MDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE...

.DISCUSSION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY
AS WINDS STRENGTHEN...DRIER AIR IS MIXED TO THE SURFACE...AND
TEMPERATURES SOAR. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL
BECOME SOUTHERLY MIDDAY AND THEN SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THE WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND
DEVELOPS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PLUMMET.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT AROUND 300
AM WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY MID-MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 8 TO 14 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN
                    WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH LATE AFTERNOON...
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12800 TO 13800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND
                    300 AM 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 30 MPH WITH INITIAL
                    FRONTAL PASSAGE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 TO 6100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...EH
REQUESTED BY...WICKHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120703.HIGHL.01/UNR