FNUS73 KUNR 041232
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAUTRE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
632 AM MDT THU APR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0620 MDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS CROSSING THE AREA THIS MORNING. SKIES MAY BECOME
PARTLY SUNNY BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL
SLOWLY CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S WITH THE MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FALLING TO 40 TO 45 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTH THIS MORNING AND WILL SWITCH TO THE EAST
BY THE AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY EAST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK
UP AND TURN SOUTHEAST BY EARLY EVENING. A LOW LEVEL JET WILL
DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE VERY BREEZY
SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE WILL NOT REACH THE FIRE AREA UNTIL
FRIDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED
                    SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING EAST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 TO 2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 TO 1200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.

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FORECASTER...SR
REQUESTED BY...ANDY RANDALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130404.PAUTR.02/UNR