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Spot Forecast for Plenty Bears...BIA
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
253 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A very moist airmass in place across the Black Hills and points
north and east, with lesser humidity down across the south western
corner of the state. Daily thunderstorm chances that have the
potential to bring heavy rainfall will remain in the forecast
today and again on Monday. Conditions are expected to dry out and
turn hot come Tuesday and Wednesday, but this will be short lived,
as the weather is progged to turn unsettled again come Thursday
and into next weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......6000 to 6500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 10 mph with gusts to around
                    13 mph shifting to the southwest overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......400 to 900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 15 mph shifting to the
                    southeast overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

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Forecaster...DH
Requested by...DO Bauer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520091.0/UNR
.DELDT 08/17/25
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.EMAIL justin.bauer@bia.gov