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Spot Forecast for Highway 36 Fire...SDWF
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
355 PM MST Wed Nov 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 MST on November 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Winds will stay out of the south to southwest
through tonight, then shift to out of the northwest in the
overnight hours over the spot location (wind shift time expected
08-12Z). Dry conditions are expected through the work week, with
the next chance for wetting rains being Friday night into
Saturday. Winds will continue to be breezy Thursday and into the
weekend with multiple dry cool fronts passing through before the
more significant one on the weekend.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 57.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
                    23 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......900 to 1400 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0
Temp............55  49
RH..............47  60
20 FT wind dir..S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   10
20 FT wind gust.23  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S
Transp wind spd.21  17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the
                    northwest early in the morning. Gusts up to 29
                    mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......600 to 1100 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 30 mph shifting to the west 20
                    to 25 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  56  60  77  79  82  79  84  85  86  87  94
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............46  45  46  47  49  50  50  50  51  52  52  51
RH..............67  67  63  58  52  48  46  42  37  35  35  36
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..12  13  14  15  16  17  17  16  15  15  14  14
20 FT wind gust.21  22  24  28  24  26  29  26  25  23  22  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.17  18  20  22  24  26  26  25  24  23  21  20

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 29 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......10400 to 10900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 30 mph decreasing to around 20
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the late
                    morning and early afternoon, then decreasing to
                    good late in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  72  73  63  68  56  61  57  38  45  39  33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  53  55  58  60  61  63  64  63  60  56  52
RH..............39  39  40  37  33  32  29  28  29  33  37  41
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  15  16  17  17  17  16  14  13  10
20 FT wind gust.20  20  21  23  25  29  28  29  29  25  21  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.6 2.1 3.9 5.7 7.5 8.6 9.8 11  7.6 4.3 1.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.20  20  21  23  25  28  29  29  26  23  20  17

$$
Forecaster...AD
Requested by...James Bachelor
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2525235.0/UNR
.DELDT 11/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL james.bachelor@state.sd.us