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Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Fort Meade #3 Rx...BLM
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
247 PM MDT Tue Apr 24 2018

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 MDT on April 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Skies will continue to clear this evening, and winds
will decrease. Warmer and drier weather is expected for Wednesday.
Then another cold front will cross the region Thursday, bringing
some breezy northwesterly winds, along with cooler temperatures.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest around 10 mph.
CWR.................35 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......4000 to 4500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 5 to 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.
Mixing height.......100 to 600 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.
Mixing height.......5200 to 5700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

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Forecaster...KP
Requested by...Lisa Ryckman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1807682.0/UNR
.EMAIL lryckman@fs.fed.us
National Weather Service National Headquarters
