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Spot Forecast for Antihorse Alpha...USFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
327 AM MST Tue Nov 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 MST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Precipitation has moved out of the region, and dry
conditions are expected the remainder of the week. Winds are
breezy out of the north this morning, however will decrease late
morning into the afternoon as the weather system moves away from
the region. Min RH will dip to around 45 percent this afternoon,
with fair recovery tonight (around 65 percent).

Winds will generally stay out of the north tonight and Wednesday,
unless they become light enough overnight to be more terrain
driven.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 20 mph with gusts to around
                    31 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      5AM
Sky (%).........23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Temp............33
RH..............79
20 FT wind dir..N
20 FT wind spd..17
20 FT wind gust.31
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5
Transp wind dir.N
Transp wind spd.29

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph
                    decreasing to 21 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......2100 to 2600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 30 mph decreasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  28  16  18  19  16  17  10  3   3   2   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............32  31  33  36  39  41  42  44  44  43  39  35
RH..............77  75  69  64  57  53  51  45  45  45  54  64
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..15  14  13  12  10  9   9   9   9   9   7   6
20 FT wind gust.30  25  23  22  21  20  20  20  21  20  16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.3 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.26  24  22  21  21  21  21  20  20  17  14  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
                    18 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........4   3   10  9   6   7   8   14  9   11  6   18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............33  31  31  31  31  31  31  31  32  33  33  33
RH..............63  63  58  53  51  49  47  47  43  43  45  45
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   7   7   7   7   8   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.17  17  17  16  14  14  14  15  16  17  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  15  13  13  13  14  15  16  16  16

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......2200 to 2700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  25  29  39  32  40  55  67  59  74  73  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............33  33  36  40  43  47  47  47  49  47  44  40
RH..............45  49  50  46  45  40  40  40  37  38  47  55
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  9   8   6   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.20  18  17  14  13  13  13  14  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.2 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.16  16  15  14  12  10  10  12  13  14  14  14

$$
Forecaster...AD
Requested by...Madison Tolley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624590.12/UNR
.DELDT 11/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brice.stanton@usda.gov,todd.hoover@usda.gov,madison.tolley@usda.gov