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SPOT FORECAST FOR ESTERBROOK PILES RX...BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
348 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 06.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL
MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON
ON WEDNESDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW
                    ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE INCH.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 50 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15
                    MPH.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3800-8300 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (18500-28900 KNOT-FT).

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REQUESTED BY...CRAIG SHORT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.ESTER.01/CYS