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SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER CREEK...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1000 AM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0914 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY TODAY UNDERNEATH A BUILDING RIDGE. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE TRACKING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL DRAW IN
LIMITED MONSOON MOISTURE AND PRODUCE ISOLATED LATE DAY
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-49 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 4-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH DECREASING
                    TO 4-7 MPH BY 0200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94 TO 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH. AFTER 0900 SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH.
                    BY 1600 NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.OTTER.01/RIW