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SPOT FORECAST FOR PAUTRE 3B...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
420 PM MDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1553 MDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME
NORTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO AROUND 45 PERCENT BY 800 PM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE EVENING.
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. WINDS GRADUALLY
                    BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST AND DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH
                    BY 9 PM...THEN TO AROUND 10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO AROUND 1800 FT AGL BY SUNSET THEN TO
                    100 TO 500 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 6 TO 13 MPH.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 TO 3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...MAURE SAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130403.PAUTR.02/UNR