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FWSUNR

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1754 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 SHIFTING TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST...POSSIBLY
BECOMING GUSTY FOR A TIME. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BE THE FOCUS FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...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.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................24 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 15 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 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 TO 9300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

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FORECASTER...JC
REQUESTED BY...LOOKOUT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.FALLS.01/UNR