Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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Spot Forecast for Hopkins...Great Plains Dispatch
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1136 PM MDT Sun Aug 10 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MDT on August 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Light and variable winds tonight will become west at 10-15 mph
with gusts around 20 mph Monday afternoon. Warm temperatures
are expected Monday with highs in the mid to upper 80s and
minimum relative humidities in the lower 20s. A weak cool front
will slip through the fire area Monday evening shifting winds to
the north. Precipitation is not expected during the forecast
period.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
west.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......400 to 900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the west
overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MDT) MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9 8 8 7 8 10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 58 57 57 58 58
RH..............67 66 69 67 68 69
20 FT wind dir..NW N NW W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 5 6 6 6 7
20 FT wind gust.5 9 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W
Transp wind spd.9 9 9 9 9 9
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts around 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......9600 to 10100 ft agl increasing to 10400 to
10900 ft agl late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 20
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12 10 8 5 6 7 8 12 16 21 26 31
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............59 62 66 70 74 78 82 84 86 87 87 86
RH..............72 68 61 51 44 35 29 25 23 22 22 23
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.12 12 13 15 16 18 20 20 21 22 22 22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.4 5.2 8.7 9.4 10 11 11 10
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.10 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 21 21 21
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5-15 mph. Gusts around 20 mph
in the early evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......400 to 900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 20 mph shifting to the northeast 10
to 15 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good decreasing to poor early in the
evening.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........36 34 33 31 34 37 40 40 39 39 33 27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............85 82 78 75 73 71 69 68 66 65 63 62
RH..............26 30 34 40 45 47 51 53 58 60 65 70
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N NE NE NE NE N
20 FT wind spd..12 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.21 18 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 9
Mix hgt (kft)...10 6.8 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.20 17 15 13 14 14 15 14 12 10 9 8
$$
Forecaster...EH
Requested by...GPC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519701.0/UNR
.DELDT 08/11/25
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.EMAIL sdgpc@firenet.gov