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Spot Forecast for Fish Test...USFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
356 PM MDT Fri Jun 6 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 MDT on June 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

DISCUSSION...Showers and thunderstorms are within 3-6 miles of the
fire area with lightning and gusty, erratic winds likely. Brief,
heavy downpours can be expected with any shower or storm. The
shower and thunderstorm threat will taper off after 1800-1900 hours
this evening.

Mostly clear skies expected overnight with very good to excellent
overnight relative humidity recovery (~85%). Winds will be southerly,
although considerable terrain-induced variability is likely,
particularly in sheltered locations.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible again Saturday after
1400-1500 hours. While widespread severe weather is not anticipated,
small hail, gusty winds, and lightning will be possible with any
storms. Southerly winds will shift westerly after 0800 Saturday morning,
shifting out of the northwest after 1200-1300 hours with gusts up
to 25 mph; strongest on exposed, upper slopes.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 15 to 18 mph. Strongest winds on exposed,
                    upper slopes. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......4700 to 5200 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

TIME (MDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  60
Weather cov.....SCT SCT
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT
CWR.............0   0
Temp............62  61
RH..............52  53
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6
20 FT wind gust.15  16
Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 4.3
Transp wind dir.W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers early in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........80-85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
                    14 mph. Lighter, terrain-driven winds on lower
                    slopes and in sheltered locations.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......400 to 900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south 15
                    to 20 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  33  29  24  19  13  8   12  16  20  24  28
Weather cov.....ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  59  56  54  53  51  51  50  49  48  48  49
RH..............55  59  64  71  71  74  77  80  80  83  80  74
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   7   8   8   8   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.12  10  10  12  13  14  13  14  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  15  16  18  20  18  17  15  14  13

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Isolated showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 13 mph shifting to the northwest with
                    gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................25 percent.
Mixing height.......8500 to 9000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph shifting to the west
                    late in the morning, then increasing to
                    northwest 25 to 35 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........31  30  28  27  32  36  41  41  42  42  49  57
Weather cov.....                                    ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                    ISO ISO ISO
CWR.............20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............50  54  58  62  65  67  68  69  69  69  69  68
RH..............74  64  57  48  43  39  36  35  35  36  39  40
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   8   9   10  10  12  12  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.12  13  13  14  16  17  18  21  22  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.0 1.6 2.2 4.1 6.0 7.9 8.3 8.7 9.0 8.0 6.9
Transp wind dir.S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  15  20  25  29  31  32  33  33  33

$$
Forecaster...SE
Requested by...Kaitlyn
Type of request...TEST
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