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SPOT FORECAST FOR JOE...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
943 PM MDT TUE AUG 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2105 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS OCCURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 400 PM WITH AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE FIRE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY EVENING...TURNING THE WIND TO NORTH OR
NORTHWEST AND IT WILL BE GUSTY. THURSDAY LOOKS DRY WITH LIGHT
WIND.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY BY 500 AM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE IN DIRECTION AT 2 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....VARIABLE IN DIRECTION AT 3 TO 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER 4 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 100 PM.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....VARIABLE IN DIRECTION AT 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 14 MPH AFTER 100 PM.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.3 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AT 5 MPH...THE WEST AT 15 MPH AFTER 100 PM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...INCREASING TO VERY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT....MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 800 PM.
                    MIN TEMPERATURE...40 TO 45.
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 10 PM...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH DUE TO COLD FRONT PASSAGE.
                    MAX RH...75 TO 80 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.THURSDAY...DECREASING CLOUDS AND BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...WARMER. MOSTLY SUNNY. LOWS NEAR 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100831.JOE__.01/RIW