Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
465 FNUS73 KUNR 081811 FWSUNR Spot Forecast for Victoria RX...USFS National Weather Service Rapid City SD 1111 AM MST Fri Nov 8 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MST on November 08. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...UPDATE: Mid and upper level clouds are moving into the region and are expected to affect the burn site. High confidence that this cloud cover will persist through this afternoon as a weather system approaches the region. Winds will be light today with the wind direction predominately out of the southeast this morning and shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. There will be increasing chances for rain through this evening with better chances for rain after midnight tonight. Rain will continue overnight into Saturday with accumulations of up to 0.1". .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy skies as mid-to-upper level clouds continue to move into the area through this afternooon. Max temperature.....Around 56. Min humidity........26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds will be light (around 5 mph) and generally out of the southeast in the morning and shifting to the south to southwest during the afternoon. Gusts up to 15 mph. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......2600 to 3100 ft agl. Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely overnight. Min temperature.....Around 37. Max humidity........96 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 17 mph. CWR.................35 percent. LAL.................1. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl. Transport winds.....South around 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain likely. Rain accumulations of up to 0.1". Max temperature.....Around 46. Min humidity........71 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Gusts up to 14 mph. CWR.................50 percent. LAL.................1. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Mixing height.......3000 to 3500 ft agl. Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. $$ Forecaster...EW Requested by...Shea Koch Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2425833.2/UNR .DELDT 11/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Shea.koch@usda.gov,Thomas.Roerick@usda.gov,Tanner.sprague@usda.gov