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Spot Forecast for Clay Spur RX...USFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
818 AM MDT Fri Mar 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on March 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A couple rounds of light rain/snow are anticipated over the
forecast area this morning through this weekend. The first round
will occur through this morning with slight chances (around 15 to
20 percent) of light snow showers. Little to no accumulation is
anticipated with this round of precip.

Conditions will dry out tonight with good RH recovery before
another system moves through late Saturday. Chances for light rain
showers will increase Saturday afternoon (15 to 20 percent) with
no accumulation anticipated. Chances for rain will increase
Saturday night through Sunday (50 to 80 percent) with precip
changing over to snow Sunday morning. Total snow accumulations of
1-2 inches anticipated.

Winds this morning will be out of the northwest at around 10 mph
before shifting to the southwest after 12 pm. Winds tonight into
Saturday will be out of the southeast and at 10 to 20 mph with
gusts of 20 to 25 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers and snow showers through the morning. Little to
no snow accumulation anticipated.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the
                    southwest after 12 pm.
CWR.................0 percent.
Transport winds.....North around 15 mph shifting to the west in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 15 mph increasing to around 30
                    mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain in the afternoon. Little to no accumulation
anticipated.
Max temperature.....Around 54.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

$$
Forecaster...EW
Requested by...Blake Cobb
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407468.4/UNR
.DELDT 03/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL blake.cobb@usda.gov


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