097  
FNUS73 KABR 181843  
FWSABR  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ZARBOCK RX BURN...RED ROCK FIRE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
143 PM CDT THU APR 18 2024  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
THE WIND WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE  
WIND ALSO BE GUSTY DURING PEAK HEATING ON FRIDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).  
CWR.................3 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.  
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 21 TO 22 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200-6600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 30 TO 31 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (167600 KNOT-FT).  
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).  
 
TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........75 72 64 66  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 0  
TEMP............43 43 44 46  
RH..............47 45 41 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..21 21 21 22  
20 FT WIND GUST.29 30 30 30  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.EXL EXL EXL EXL  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.  
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 14 TO 23 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 14  
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-6800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24 TO 32 MPH BECOMING WEST 14 TO 18  
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (173000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR  
(53700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING  
TO POOR (7900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT EARLY  
IN THE EVENING.  
HAINES INDEX........4 (LOW).  
 
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........67 61 52 40 31 19 9 10 8 7 7 20  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............48 46 44 41 39 38 36 35 34 33 31 31  
RH..............34 37 41 48 52 54 59 61 64 66 69 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..23 22 17 16 14 13 12 12 12 13 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.31 30 26 23 21 20 20 18 18 20 20 22  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.EXL EXL FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
 

 
FORECASTER...TDK  
REQUESTED BY...AMANDA CASTELLANO  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2411344.0/ABR  
.DELDT 04/18/24  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ACASTELLANO821@GMAIL.COM  
 
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