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SPOT FORECAST FOR BATHTUB SPRINGS RX  2...IA CPC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
600 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM...THEN DIMINISH.
PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
ON THURSDAY...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AFTER NOON WITH A FEW
SHOWERS DEVELOPING AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM NEARBY AFTER 2 PM.
THE WIND WILL PICK UP AGAIN AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO THE
NORTH BY 9 PM THURSDAY EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL
OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-77 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    UNTIL 10 PM...THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST WIND AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL
                    MIDNIGHT...THEN WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1500 FEET AGL BY 2 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AT 25 MPH UNTIL 10 PM...THEN WEST AT 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD...DECREASING TO POOR BY 2 AM.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL NOON...THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 PM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WIND AT 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL NOON. THEN
                    WEST WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL NOON. THEN
                    WEST WIND AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL BY 3 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AT 25 MPH BY NOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY NOON...THEN
                    EXCELLENT BY 3 PM.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
WIND BECOMING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY 9 PM.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW
SHOWERS. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 30 TO 35.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND
15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...ERIC FRANSTED
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090507.BATHT.01/RIW