FNUS73 KUNR 211101
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR YELLOW BEAR...PINE RIDGE AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
501 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0441 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK AND NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE LOCATED
ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...RESULTING IN VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH
THE DAY. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S WITH AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
MOVE NEAR THE FIRE AREA WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...LAWRENCE THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120721.YELLO.01/UNR