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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD

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FNUS73 KABR 181843
FWSABR

Spot Forecast for Zarbock RX Burn...Red Rock Fire
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
143 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on April 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
The wind will remain strong and gusty into the evening hours. The
wind also be gusty during peak heating on Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 21 to 22 mph.
Mixing height.......6200-6600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 30 to 31 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (167600 knot-ft).
Haines Index........4 (low).

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  72  64  66
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  0
Temp............43  43  44  46
RH..............47  45  41  37
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..21  21  21  22
20 FT wind gust.29  30  30  30
Smoke Dispersal.EXL EXL EXL EXL

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 14 to 23 mph decreasing to 12 to 14
                    mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......700-6800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 24 to 32 mph becoming west 14 to 18
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (173000 knot-ft) decreasing to fair
                    (53700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing
                    to poor (7900 knot-ft) late in the night early
                    in the evening.
Haines Index........4 (low).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........67  61  52  40  31  19  9   10  8   7   7   20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............48  46  44  41  39  38  36  35  34  33  31  31
RH..............34  37  41  48  52  54  59  61  64  66  69  69
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..23  22  17  16  14  13  12  12  12  13  14  14
20 FT wind gust.31  30  26  23  21  20  20  18  18  20  20  22
Smoke Dispersal.EXL EXL FR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...TDK
Requested by...Amanda Castellano
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411344.0/ABR
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL acastellano821@gmail.com