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Spot Forecast for Salix...USFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
957 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MST on January 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Today will be mild and dry to start, but a cold
front will begin moving through the area later today. Winds will
be out of the west this morning and early afternoon, but will
transition to out of the northwest and become breezy by evening as
the cold front moves in. Snow and breezy winds will continue
through the night and into Thursday morning. Accumulations of 3 to
6 inches are expected between this evening and Thursday
afternoon over the spot area. Snow will diminish Thursday, but
northwest winds will remain gusty.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of snow
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 36.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 24
                    mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......200 to 700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 25 to 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Patchy blowing snow.
                    Snow.
Min temperature.....Around 20.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 28 mph.
CWR.................70 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......300 to 800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 40 to 45 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow likely in
                    the morning, then slight chance of snow in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 25.
Min humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.
CWR.................35 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......1600 to 2100 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 40 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

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Forecaster...AD
Requested by...Chad Porsch
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/08/25
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.EMAIL chad.porsch@usda.gov