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SPOT FORECAST FOR NOWLIN...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
433 AM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1820 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER WYOMING WILL SHIFT SLOWLY
EAST TODAY...ALLOWING A SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO THE FIRE AREA.
EXPECT SOME GUSTY SOUTHWEST WIND IN THE AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES
TO SHOW LITTLE TREND FROM YESTERDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO
TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE FIRE
AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING BRINGING ISOLATED SHOWERS...WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED BEHIND THE
FRONT ON MONDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE OR SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST
                    BETWEEN 1000 AND 1200...AND INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700-7700 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH 0900 INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...TRACY STULL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.NOWLI.01/RIW