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SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
626 PM MDT THU JUL 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1800 MDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH MAY PRODUCE
ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH...BETWEEN
7 P.M. AND 9 P.M. THIS EVENING.   OTHERWISE SKIES WILL CLEAR WITH SOUTH
WIND DIMINISHING...REMAINING FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT.

A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.  THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.


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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2100...THEN CLEARING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
                    THROUGH 9 P.M. FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WIND.  DECREASING
                    AND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WIND 8 TO 14 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH AROUND NOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 11 MPH.
.SATURDAY...NOT AS WARM. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100701.OTTER.01/RIW