Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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Spot Forecast for Raven Creek...USWFS
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
415 AM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 MDT on June 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...For today, winds will continue to diminish and swing
to the southeast through the morning. For the afternoon, surface wind
speeds will increase to near 20 mph by 6PM. Afternoon
temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s and relative humidity
will bottom out near 25%. Low chances for isolated showers and
thunderstorms between noon and 6 PM.
Monday night will see low temps around 55 degrees and max
relative humidity around 70 to 75%. Rain chances diminish this
evening and southeasterly winds will remain around 15 to 20 mph
through the evening and overnight hours.
Tuesday looks dry until after 6PM where there are chances for
passing showers and thunderstorms. Tuesday will also see the
return of hot weather as temps reach near 90 degrees, afternoon
relative humidities near 15%. The wind on Tuesday will start out
of the south at around 15 mph but as the wind shifts to the
southwest, speeds will increase to near 20 to 25 mph with gusts
near 30 to 35 mph.
Winds diminish to 10 to 15 mph Tuesday night as they swing to the
northwest. Tuesday night temps will cool to the mid 40s with
overnight relative humidity near 70 to 80%.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to
around 15 mph.
CWR.................20 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MDT) 5AM
Sky (%).........37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20
Temp............46
RH..............52
20 FT wind dir..NW
20 FT wind spd..8
20 FT wind gust.15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5
Transp wind dir.N
Transp wind spd.15
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Slight chance of
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 13
mph shifting to the northeast with gusts to
around 13 mph early in the morning, then
shifting to the east with gusts to around 13
mph late in the morning shifting to the
southeast with gusts to around 23 mph late in
the morning increasing to around 20 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......8400 to 8900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 15 mph shifting to the northeast
late in the morning, then shifting to the
southeast late in the morning increasing to
south 25 to 30 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent late in the
afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44 43 37 30 23 32 35 23 42 43 52 56
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............46 48 52 57 61 65 69 72 76 77 78 77
RH..............52 49 44 38 36 34 33 30 28 26 26 27
20 FT wind dir..NW N N NE E SE SE S S S S SE
20 FT wind spd..6 5 6 7 6 6 6 8 10 13 15 16
20 FT wind gust.13 12 10 13 13 13 14 16 18 21 23 25
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.8 3.6 4.3 4.9 5.5 8.9 6.5 5.2
Transp wind dir.N N N N NE E SE SE S S S SE
Transp wind spd.13 12 12 12 12 10 12 15 18 23 24 26
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
around 35 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......700 to 1200 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southeast 30 to 35 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........48 36 18 12 7 23 29 54 42 35 57 69
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............76 75 72 69 66 65 63 62 60 58 58 56
RH..............31 32 35 40 47 50 56 61 66 69 71 79
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..20 21 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 20 20
20 FT wind gust.29 32 33 35 35 33 32 32 31 30 30 29
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 2.5 1.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.29 35 39 43 44 41 39 38 36 35 31 30
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs around 70. Northwest
winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 70s.
North winds around 10 mph.
$$
Forecaster...GS
Requested by...Molly Wartenbee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615125.2/UNR
.DELDT 06/08/26
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.EMAIL ibayer@blm.gov,wycpc@blm.gov