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Spot Forecast for Rawhide...GPC
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
619 AM MST Thu Jan 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MST on January 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Gusty northwest winds will continue through today into
the evening hours before diminishing late tonight. Good RH recovery
tonight with temperatures dropping to the low teens. Tomorrow will be
mostly dry with light westerly winds. Winds will begin to pick up
late tomorrow afternoon as a front approaches the region. There will be
chances for light snow over the weekend with light accumulations of
around an inch or two possible.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 27.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......2800 to 3300 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 40 to 45 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 13.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 33.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 10 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......1300 to 1800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

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Forecaster...EW
Requested by...Great Plains Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2500329.0/UNR
.DELDT 01/09/25
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.EMAIL sdgpc@firenet.gov