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SPOT FORECAST FOR SQUAW MTN FIRE...CASPER DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
522 PM MDT SUN AUG 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1725 MDT ON AUGUST 21.

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

.DISCUSSION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A LOWER POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. WINDS
WILL BECOME BREEZY AT THIS TIME ON MONDAY BUT WINDS GUSTS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN UNDER 30 MPH. TUESDAY WILL BE EVEN DRIER WITH
SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS COMPARED TO MONDAY. MINIMUM AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES WILL TREND LOWER EACH DAY EARLY THIS WEEK...BUT
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL REMAIN HIGH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-55500 KNOT-FT).

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). 10 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWER.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12200 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (74300-146000 KNOT-FT).

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REQUESTED BY...RON GRAHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110821.SQUAW.01/CYS