FNUS73 KUNR 200118
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR CACTUS...NBF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
718 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1903 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 T0 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 25 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT
WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND 10 MPH.

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 73.
RH..................MAX 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGHS AS
                    25 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................ZERO.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 200 TO 700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 107.
RH..................MIN 18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14800 TO 15800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...NBF 662
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120719.CACTU.02/UNR