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Spot Forecast for Croton 2...Ccfd
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1033 PM MDT Fri Jul 25 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 MDT on July 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Sunny skies are expected for much of the day Saturday, with a few
clouds developing during the afternoon hours. A few showers and
thunderstorms may develop during the late afternoon hours, but are
expected to be well east of the fire area.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the north with gusts to around 12 mph early in
                    the afternoon shifting to the northeast with
                    gusts to around 15 mph early in the afternoon
                    shifting to the west with gusts to around 17
                    mph shifting to the north with gusts to around
                    18 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......9300 to 9800 ft agl increasing to 11200 to
                    11700 ft agl late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the morning, then shifting to
                    the east late in the afternoon shifting to the
                    northeast 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 (%).........21  13  26  35  34  39  49  63  65  77  62  72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  64  70  75  80  84  88  91  93  93  93  91
RH..............56  54  46  41  34  30  25  22  20  19  20  22
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   NW  NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  W   N
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   6   8
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   7   8   8   10  12  14  15  17  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.8 3.0 5.6 8.0 9.8 12  9.4 7.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NE  E   SE  E   NE
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   8   8   9   9   10  10  12  14  16

$$
Forecaster...DH
Requested by...Bc3
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518619.0/UNR
.DELDT 07/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL csiplon@ccfire.us