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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUTTERFLY HILL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
540 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON OCTOBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT A MID BURN OBSERVATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR EACH PRESCRIBED BURN.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT THAT PRODUCED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT LEAVING SUNNY SKIES AND
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN PLACE FOR WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME
BRISK WITH GOOD MIXING AND LOWERING HUMIDITIES DURING THE DAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7500 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5100 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2700 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 21
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (127300 KNOT-FT).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
SKY (%).........10        8         6         6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............49        55        63        65
RH..............74        57        36        31
EYE LEVEL WIND..NW 6G10   NW 7G15   NW 10G20  NW 11G25
MIX HGT (FT)....300       1100      5600      7500
MIXNG WIND......NW 9      N 13      NW 20     NW 20
HAINES INDEX....5         5         5         5

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FORECASTER...SMALL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES KRIZMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101013.BUTTE.01/DMX