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Spot Forecast for Little Bend WSG...Game, Fish and Parks
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1212 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 CDT on April 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
This forecast is preliminary, please submit another request
close to the burn time. Gusty west to northwest winds will
be diminishing through the early to mid evening hours as high
pressure begins to nose into the area behind a departing cold
front to the east. West winds become south to southwest by
daybreak Wednesday and then eventually turn southeasterly during
the afternoon and becoming gusty between 20-25 mph by mid to late
afternoon. Most of the daytime hours will be dry but a slight
chance for showers will develop by late afternoon and early
evening.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 39.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 16 to 24 mph with gusts to
                    around 36 mph becoming west 6 to 14 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......400-6700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 22 to 30 mph decreasing to 7 to 16 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (173700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to good (99600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night decreasing to poor (2300 knot-ft) early
                    in the evening.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or (moderate) to (high).

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11  16  11  8   4   7   9   8   6   8   9   13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  62  59  55  52  51  47  46  45  42  42  41
RH..............36  33  38  41  45  45  51  51  54  59  59  59
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..24  20  16  14  13  9   8   7   7   7   6   6
20 FT wind gust.36  36  25  20  16  13  10  8   8   8   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 4.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Smoke Dispersal.EXL GD  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 63.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph increasing to
                    south 16 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......400-4700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 7 to
                    15 mph early in the morning, then increasing to
                    20 to 24 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (98200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........5 to 6 or (moderate) to (high).

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  19  38  33  33  51  59  67  70  72  75  79
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20
Temp............40  39  43  48  52  56  59  61  60  60  62  61
RH..............64  64  59  54  47  42  39  37  41  44  43  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   8   10  12  14  15  16  16  16  17
20 FT wind gust.8   9   10  13  15  18  20  20  21  23  24  25
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 2.5 3.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.5 3.7
Smoke Dispersal.PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...Vipond
Requested by...Kevin Hoffmann
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412803.0/ABR
.DELDT 04/30/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Kevin.Hoffmann@state.sd.us