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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH ML SU A SE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
336 PM MDT THU APR 15 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1800 MDT ON APRIL 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT WINDS TO BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY 1800...WITH AN
INVERSION SETTING UP BY 1900. SAID INVERSION WILL MAKE FOR
POOR VENTILATION OVER THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL START
OFF NORTHERLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE VEERING AROUND TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER AS UPPER RIDGING
BUILDS IN.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH THROUGH 1900...THEN DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH AND
                    SLOWLY VEERING TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL...LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL BY
                    1900...THEN LOWERING TO AROUND 100 FT AGL BY 2100.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 20 MPH THROUGH 1900...THEN DECREASING
                    AND GOING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH  GUSTS TO 18 MPH DEVELOPING
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GILCHRIST
REQUESTED BY...JAMES FORSYTHE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100415.NORTH.01/GGW