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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED CABIN...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
401 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1524 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FIRE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY OUTFLOWS
TO 40 MPH AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. EAST SOUTHEASTERLY
BREEZES ARE EXPECTED AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL SEE THE SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT INCREASE THURSDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND
MOVES THROUGH. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL
THROUGH THIS PERIOD...INCREASING THE THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER WHEN
COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE TEENS.  A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORM PASSING THURSDAY EVENING WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVING
IN.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS GRADUALLY
                    DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH BY 0300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300-8300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3600-4500 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (113200 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO FAIR
                    (55500 KNOT-FT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH BACKING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST
                    AT 5 TO 7 MPH BY 0900. WINDS VEERING AND INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 18 MPH FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST BY 1400 ALONG WITH
                    A FEW GUSTS OF 25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600-7600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12300-13300 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (110100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (246500 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...NOT AS WARM. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100810.REDCA.03/RIW