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SPOT FORECAST FOR MORU PB...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
116 PM MST FRI MAR 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1310 MST ON MARCH 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AT THE BURN SITE IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH EARLY
TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MOST SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
NORTHWEST OF THE BURN SITE...THOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY PASS OVER THE BURN
SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 29.
RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 17 TO 27 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 20.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO
                    15 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...JS
REQUESTED BY...AARON NELLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120302.MORUP.02/UNR