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SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTON...HPD BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
941 PM MDT SUN AUG 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2200 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING OVERNIGHT...
THOUGH THE CHANCE OF ONE MOVING OVER THE FIRE AREA IS VERY SMALL.
HOWEVER...ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FOUND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP. WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
THE SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A
BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 TO 13500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BOB BUHR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100808.WESTO.02/UNR