Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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FNUS73 KUNR 021511
FWSUNR
Spot Forecast for Cave Creek...PCSAR
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
911 AM MDT Thu Apr 2 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on April 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Fog over the requested location is expected to
diminish late this morning, however there is potential for it to
linger into the early to mid afternoon time.
Aside from the fog, dry conditions are expected through mid-
afternoon. Next winter storm approaches this evening, and spot
location could see some light rain showers ahead of it. The better
chance for precipitation comes this evening into the overnight
hours as the storm brings more widespread precipitation across
the area. Precipitation will start out as rain, but is expected to
transition to snow overnight. Expected accumulations over the
spot location of 1 to 3 inches, however given the warmer recent
temperatures, much of that could melt as it falls. Lows tonight
are expected in the upper 20s over the location, with the high
tomorrow around 35. Precipitation will taper off from west to east
Friday evening.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Areas of dense
fog late in the morning. Chance of rain showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 44.
Min humidity........67-74 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min apparent temp...27.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph
increasing to 29 mph late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.01 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........97 94 90 84 75 65 66 67 65
Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 10 10 10 30 30 30
Temp............33 38 42 43 43 43 43 43 43
RH..............96 83 74 71 72 73 75 76 75
Wind chill (F)..31 36 42 41 41 40 40 40 41
Surface wnd dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Surface wnd spd.5 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 10
Surface wnd gst.18 20 23 25 26 29 26 26 25
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Chance of rain showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then chance of rain, light freezing
rain and snow overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Min apparent temp...22.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 5 to 12 mph with gusts to
around 24 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 7
mph with gusts to around 18 mph late in the
evening, then shifting to the northwest 5 to 6
mph with gusts to around 15 mph overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.08 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.2 inches.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........99 99 99 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RN RN FZR FZR FZR SN
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 50 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40
Temp............43 41 39 36 35 34 34 33 30 30 28 27
RH..............74 79 86 95 95 96 95 96 100 100 100 100
Wind chill (F)..41 38 36 34 31 31 33 32 29 29 27 27
Surface wnd dir.SE SE SE E SW W SW W W NW NW NW
Surface wnd spd.9 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Surface wnd gst.24 23 21 20 18 17 16 15 15 15 14 14
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of light
freezing rain early in the morning. Snow
through the day.
Max temperature.....Around 36.
Min humidity........64-72 percent.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min apparent temp...19.
Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph with gusts to around
17 mph shifting to the north 6 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 33 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.25 inches.
Snowfall amount.....2.5 inches.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 91 81 87 88 88 89 89 88 88 90 91
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100 100 100
Temp............27 27 28 28 31 33 34 35 35 34 33 32
RH..............100 99 98 96 88 78 75 70 69 69 70 72
Wind chill (F)..27 24 23 23 25 27 28 29 28 27 27 26
Surface wnd dir.W W NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Surface wnd spd.5 5 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 12 12 12
Surface wnd gst.14 15 17 20 22 24 26 30 32 33 33 32
$$
Forecaster...AD
Requested by...James Dietz
Type of request...SAR
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