Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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Spot Forecast for Newcastle Fireworks Display...Newcastle Volunteer Fire Department
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1009 PM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Unsettled conditions will continue this weekend.
There is a chance for thunderstorms on the evening of July 4th.
Winds will be northerly at 5 to 15 mph at the time of fireworks
with RH around 45 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max apparent temp...77.
Max apparent temp...77.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 7 to 9 mph with gusts to around
16 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
TIME (MDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........78 70 62 53 54 54
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 20 20
Temp............72 74 75 77 77 77
RH..............54 52 48 44 45 43
Heat index (F)..72 74 75 77 77 77
Wind chill (F)..72 74 75 77 77 77
Surface wnd dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW
Surface wnd spd.7 7 8 9 9 9
Surface wnd gst.12 13 14 15 15 16
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max apparent temp...76.
Max apparent temp...76.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around
15 mph in the evening becoming light.
Rainfall amount.....0.03 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........55 46 38 39 51 40 28 25 22 19 21 22
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 40 40 40 40 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............76 74 71 68 66 64 62 61 60 60 59 58
RH..............46 49 54 60 65 70 75 78 78 78 80 80
Heat index (F)..76 74 71 68 66 64 62 61 60 60 59 58
Wind chill (F)..76 74 71 68 66 64 62 61 60 60 59 58
Surface wnd dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NE NE NE
Surface wnd spd.8 7 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
Surface wnd gst.15 13 10 12 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 7
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of rain showers
in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max apparent temp...79.
Max apparent temp...79.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph with
gusts to around 17 mph early in the morning,
then shifting to the west with gusts to around
17 mph late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.03 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24 17 11 4 6 7 9 11 13 15 26 37
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30 30
Temp............58 61 64 68 71 73 75 77 79 80 79 77
RH..............80 72 67 59 53 49 45 39 34 31 32 36
Heat index (F)..58 61 64 68 71 73 75 77 79 79 79 77
Wind chill (F)..58 61 64 68 71 73 75 77 79 79 79 77
Surface wnd dir.NE E S S S S S S S S S W
Surface wnd spd.3 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
Surface wnd gst.7 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 16 17 17
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Forecaster...JC
Requested by...Lane Zerbst
Type of request...OTHER
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