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Spot Forecast for Devils Tower Sturgis Support...National Park Service
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
311 PM MDT Tue Aug 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on August 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
For the remainder of today, an isolated storm or two is possible
over the Black Hills, mainly between 4 and 8 PM MDT. Any storms
today have good severe potential with strong winds and hail being
the main threats. For Wednesday, partly cloudy with warm
temperatures. highs expected about 90 over Devils Tower region.
An isolated storm is not out of the question Wednesday afternoon,
but less chance of severe. Winds will be out of the south during
the day Wednesday, with max gusts expected around 15 mph.



.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max apparent temp...88.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph with
                    gusts to around 14 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon, then shifting to the east around 5
                    mph with gusts to around 13 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  2   2   4   4   1   4   16  29  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............68  75  80  83  85  88  90  91  91  90
RH..............62  51  46  43  40  34  29  27  26  26
Heat index (F)..68  75  80  82  85  87  88  88  88  87
Surface wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  E
Surface wnd spd.2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
Surface wnd gst.7   8   9   12  13  14  14  14  14  13

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    south 6 to 7 mph overnight. Gusts up to 14 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  34  15  18  22  20  18  17  16  15  14  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............87  83  78  73  72  71  69  68  68  67  65  64
RH..............29  37  45  53  55  58  61  64  66  68  71  72
Heat index (F)..85  82  78  73  72  71  69  68  68  67  65  64
Surface wnd dir.E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7
Surface wnd gst.13  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  14  14

$$
Forecaster...AD
Requested by...Matt Roland
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2518417.0/UNR
.DELDT 08/05/25
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.EMAIL william_butler@nps.gov,nws.rapidcity@noaa.gov,matt_Roland@nps.gov