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Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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Spot Forecast for Brakes...USFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
823 PM MDT Wed Sep 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 MDT on September 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions will slowly improve across the area this
evening and overnight. Winds will decrease a bit overnight, but remain
breezy at times. West-northwest winds will increase again early
Thursday, with breezy conditions persisting through early afternoon,
starting to decrease mid to late afternoon. Minimum relative humidity
in the afternoon will not be quite as low as today.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    a rain shower after midnight.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........66-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......800 to 1300 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 40 to 45 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........29-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    35 mph, decreasing to 10 to 20 mph mid to
                    late afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......7500 to 8000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 45 mph decreasing to around 35 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.

$$
Forecaster...ST
Requested by...Rios
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422700.0/UNR
.DELDT 09/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sdgpc@firenet.gov