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Spot Forecast for Route 13...SD-CRA
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
910 AM MDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on March 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Expect elevated to near-critical fire weather
conditions today through Thursday, warmest and driest Thursday.

Today - low clouds will persist through 1100-noon, before skies clear
with sunny skies through the afternoon. Winds will remain out of the
southeast through the day; as skies clear and mixing picks up, expect
gusts to increase to 25 to 30 mph through the afternoon. Winds will
diminish after 1800-1900, becoming northerly around 5-10 mph after
2300-0100. Daytime minimum RH will occur around 1500-1600 hours,
bottoming out around 28-34 percent. Expect excellent overnight recovery
as RH rises to near 90 percent by sunrise Wednesday morning.

Much warmer Wednesday, and especially Thursday, with highs pushing
into the mid 60s Wednesday and mid to upper 70s Thursday. Winds will
be slightly lighter Wednesday (southeast 5-10 gusts 15 to 20) but
will pick up Thursday (southwest 15 to 25 gusts 30 to 40 mph) with
RH in the upper teens to near 20 percent.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with low clouds, becoming sunny
                    (15-25 percent) after 1100-noon.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........28-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 to 30 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......3400 to 3900 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South around 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.

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Forecaster...SE
Requested by...TFLD-t
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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