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Spot Forecast for Bender...SDWF
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
547 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Temperatures today will climb into the low 90s with
light and variable winds in the morning becoming easterly after
around 9 am. East winds of around 10 mph, gusting to 17 mph will
continue through the afternoon hours. Afternoon humidities will
range from 35 to 40%. Isolated thunderstorms may develop over the
Black Hills after 12 pm with the potential to impact the fire
site. Lightning and gusty/erratic outflow winds will be the
primary concerns with any storms. Storm chances will decrease
after 5 pm.

Hotter on Wednesday with highs in the mid 90s. Storms are once again
possible in the afternoon with lightning and gusty/erratic outflow
winds as the man concerns.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
                    Patchy smoke in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and terrain driven winds early this morning.
Winds will shift to the east, increasing to 5 to
10 mph with gusts to around 17 mph after 9 am.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......7200 to 7700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph shifting to the northeast 10
                    to 20 mph early in the morning, then shifting
                    to the east around 20 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to very good late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........65  37  28  19  12  6   7   14  15  17  37  24
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  73  76  78  84  86  87  89  89  90  90  89
RH..............78  71  66  62  49  46  43  39  38  37  35  37
20 FT wind dir..W   W   SW  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   5   6   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  12  14  15  17  17  17  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.1 1.9 2.7 4.0 5.2 5.9 6.6 7.7 6.5 6.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   9   12  14  16  16  16  16  16  16

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Patchy smoke in
                    the evening and overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 16 mph before 10 pm. After 10 pm, winds
will become light and primarily terrain driven.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......400 to 900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....East around 15 mph shifting to the southwest
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30  21  29  15  17  15  13  10  16  23  23  39
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............87  85  82  78  76  75  74  72  71  69  68  68
RH..............39  41  46  52  58  60  62  66  68  73  76  76
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   7   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.16  15  14  15  14  13  12  10  10  10  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...5.2 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   SE  SE  S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.15  15  14  13  13  12  10  10  10  10  9   8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and terrain driven winds in the morning.
Southerly winds increase to 10 to 15 mph with
                    gusts to around 23 mph after around 10 to 11 am.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......9000 to 9500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southeast 20
                    to 25 mph late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the east late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........42  29  19  12  14  23  21  14  16  32  63  65
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............67  71  76  79  85  88  91  93  93  94  93  91
RH..............78  73  64  62  51  47  40  37  35  34  35  38
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   6   8   10  13  12  12  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  13  17  20  22  23  23  23  23  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 3.9 5.2 6.4 7.4 8.5 9.5 7.6 5.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   SE  E   E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.8   8   9   12  14  18  21  22  22  21  21  20

$$
Forecaster...EW
Requested by...IC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618494.0/UNR
.DELDT 07/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL casey.glines@state.sd.us