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FNUS73 KUNR 141615
FWSUNR
SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO...GREAT PLAINS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1015 AM MDT THU MAY 14 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REACH THE 70S WITH
EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT NEAR 10 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL BLOW OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10-15 MPH WITH
GUSTS UPWARDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.
IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
RISE TO NEAR 35 TO 40% AND NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT AROUND
5 MPH OR LESS.
FRIDAY WILL HAVE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DIP TO NEAR 10 TO 12%. HOWEVER, WESTERLY WINDS
WILL BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
UPWARDS OF 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE
AREA SATURDAY NIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
15 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO
29 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11300 TO 11800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
TIME (MDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM NIGHT
SKY (%).........35 17 1 1 2 3 7 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 70 73 74 75 76 77 78
RH..............25 29 25 21 18 14 11 10
20 FT WIND DIR..N W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 13 13 13 13 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.20 21 23 25 26 28 29 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 6.4 7.5 8.5 9.6 12 12 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 24 26 29 30 30 29
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 28 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 13 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 TO 5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 TO 1000
FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15
MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT DECREASING TO POOR.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........12 15 17 13 11 9 10 7 6 7 9 9
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............76 72 67 62 60 57 56 55 54 53 53 52
RH..............10 13 16 20 22 24 25 26 27 27 27 28
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW N NW NW W W W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..16 13 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.28 23 16 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...11 4.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 21 15 10 10 12 14 14 15 15 14 12
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
12 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 13 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE EAST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 14
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND
10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE
MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 22 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
25 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9100 TO 9600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12900 TO
13400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 11 8 5 5 6 5 5 6 8 7 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............52 57 64 69 71 72 72 74 75 76 76 76
RH..............28 24 20 17 16 16 16 15 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND DIR..W W E E SE S S S S W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 2 3 6 7 9 10 12 10 12 13 14
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 14 15 20 22 25 25 25 25 25 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 2.0 3.6 5.1 6.6 8.1 9.6 11 12 13 13 13
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW S SW SW W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 13 16 20 23 24 24 24 25 25
FORECASTER...GS
REQUESTED BY...HANJE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613625.1/UNR
.DELDT 05/14/26
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