FNUS73 KUNR 180216
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROOKSTON FIRE...SD_RBA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
816 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1959 MDT ON OCTOBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE
RELAXING THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A BRIEF DECREASE IN
THE WINDS THIS EVENING...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY AND RESULT IN
INCREASING WINDS. GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY
WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 30 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 50 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 TO 2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 45 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VERY WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 TO 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 60 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...JJ
REQUESTED BY...MARSHALL PEARMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121017.CROOK.01/UNR