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Spot Forecast for Hopkins...Great Plains Dispatch
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
607 AM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather is expected through Sunday morning. West winds today
will become north to northwest tonight and then southeast by
Sunday afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms may occur Sunday
afternoon with gusty erratic winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-40 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5-10 mph. Gusts 10-20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......7500 to 8000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 25 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.

TIME (MDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2   2   3   4   16  26  32  14  53  50  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............46  53  57  61  66  72  74  75  76  76  75
RH..............98  77  62  50  40  33  30  27  27  27  28
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  9   9
20 FT wind gust.10  12  14  15  17  18  21  22  22  21  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 2.7 3.9 4.7 5.4 6.1 6.7 7.4 8.0 7.7 7.4
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  13  15  16  18  20  21  22  21  21  18

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-70 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North to northwest wind 5-15 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......300 to 800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west
                    around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66  49  46  53  55  61  53  57  58  61  45  53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  71  68  66  65  64  62  61  59  58  57  56
RH..............30  34  39  43  45  48  52  53  60  60  64  66
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.18  16  15  14  14  14  9   13  12  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 4.9 2.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.17  15  14  13  13  13  13  12  10  9   8   8

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest wind less than 10 mph becoming
                    southeast 5-10 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......8500 to 9000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northeast
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  28  26  13  11  20  28  29  30  31  33  35
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............56  58  61  65  67  69  71  72  72  72  72  71
RH..............69  64  60  50  47  44  39  38  39  39  39  42
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SE  E   E   SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  12  13  14  15  16  16  16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 1.1 1.9 2.6 4.1 5.7 7.2 7.8 8.4 9.0 7.0 5.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NE
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   9   10  13  14  15  14  14  14  13

$$
Forecaster...EH
Requested by...GPC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519437.6/UNR
.DELDT 08/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sdgpc@firenet.gov