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SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE RED CREEK RX...BLM RSD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
136 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER
CENTRAL WYOMING LATE TODAY. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE
AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH A NORTHWEST SURFACE WIND. A WEAK
PACIFIC TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN WYOMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING...BRINGING A FEW CLOUDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A MUCH STRONGER PACIFIC TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...
WITH INCREASING WEST WIND EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE TROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........53-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (71100 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-27.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-82 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6400-33100 KNOT-FT).

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-48 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 12 MPH BY 0900. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15
                    TO 25 MPH BY 1200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (21600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD (82800
                    KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND
16 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50.
WEST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091022.LITTL.01/RIW