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Spot Forecast for Needles...USWFS - Pine Ridge
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
540 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on September 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Dry tonight with lows around 60, humidities will recover
to around 60%. Winds will be out of the southwest at 10 to 15 mph
through this evening before shifting to the north after midnight.
Warm on Tuesday with highs in the mid 80s. Afternoon humidities
will drop to 18 to 24 percent with north winds at 10 mph through
the morning hours. Winds will shift to the west after 12 PM and
become light at 5 mph.

Warm and dry conditions with elevated fire weather concerns continue
through Wednesday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    north overnight. Gusts up to 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 20 mph shifting to the north
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  59  33  36  39  36  26  27  29  30  35  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............85  82  80  77  75  74  72  70  67  65  62  61
RH..............31  33  33  33  38  45  47  49  52  54  60  59
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.18  16  14  17  18  18  17  17  17  18  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.18  17  18  18  18  17  17  17  17  18  17  17

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 10 mph shifting to the west
                    in the afternoon. Gusts up to 17 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......6200 to 6700 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........44  50  34  14  2   8   4   6   9   7   14  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............59  59  61  64  69  72  76  79  80  82  82  82
RH..............60  57  52  44  36  32  27  24  23  21  20  18
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  9   8   7   6   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.17  17  16  17  16  14  13  13  13  12  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 1.0 1.7 2.4 3.0 3.8 4.6 5.6 6.7 5.5 4.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  17  18  18  16  14  13  13  14  15  14  13

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the
                    east early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    north overnight. Gusts up to 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......500 to 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph shifting to the northeast 15
                    to 25 mph early in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9   5   8   5   8   15  4   11  10  2   2   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............81  77  71  66  64  63  61  59  58  55  55  54
RH..............19  24  31  37  43  46  50  52  55  59  61  66
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  E   E   E   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   9   10  10  9   9   9   12  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.14  13  17  17  16  15  15  15  18  20  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  16  16  15  15  16  18  21  21  20

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 10 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon. Gusts up to 16 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......6300 to 6800 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 15 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   14  9   4   3   1   0   1   1   2   7   12
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............53  54  56  60  65  70  74  77  79  79  80  79
RH..............69  69  65  57  46  38  30  26  24  23  21  20
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   NE
20 FT wind spd..10  9   9   9   9   9   8   7   6   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.16  15  15  15  15  14  13  12  12  12  12  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.6 2.1 2.7 3.4 4.0 4.9 5.8 6.8 5.6 4.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW
Transp wind spd.18  18  17  16  15  14  13  12  10  9   10  12

$$
Forecaster...EW
Requested by...Darrell Spotted ELk
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621391.0/UNR
.DELDT 09/07/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tamara.randall@bia.gov,darrell.spottedelk@bia.gov,thomas_skinner@firenet.gov