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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNLIGHT...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
346 PM MDT SAT APR 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1518 MDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE FIRE
AREA IN SOUTHWEST FLOW.  THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS
THROUGH SUNDAY.

...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...
...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT...

FORECASTER...C.BAKER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S UNTIL 7 PM THEN LOWS
                    35-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND
                    7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR BY 10 PM (5000 KNOT-FT).

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-43 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 5-9 MPH BECOMING NORTH 12 TO
                    15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH AROUND NOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH  AT 15 MPH.
LAL.................1
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AT 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING GOOD BY 11 AM (90000 KNOT-FT).

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 13 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...C.BAKER
REQUESTED BY...MYLES RICHARDS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090425.SUNLI.01/RIW