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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRAW...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
713 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1902 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE BURN AREA THIS
EVENING...WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST...POSSIBLY BECOMING
GUSTY FOR A TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS BEING STRONG
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE FAIR
OVERNIGHT...WITH COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTING HIGHER MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 TO 9200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.DRAW_.01/UNR