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SPOT FORECAST FOR TUNNEL ROAD...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
111 PM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0818 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES NORTHWESTERN WYOMING. WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON
WILL DROP AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES INTO THE LOW TO MID TEENS THIS
AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE STILL ON TRACK TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS STORMS ARE CURRENTLY
SEEN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN COLORADO AND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST
INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (218000-228900 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    30 MPH EARLY TO MID EVENING. DECREASING TO 12
                    TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (1900-119200 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-17000 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...CLAYCOMB
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100702.TUNNE.01/CYS