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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROTHLEUTNER RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE, MEDICINE BOW/TOUTT-TBNG (DRD)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
851 AM MDT WED MAR 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 MDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  A WEAK COLD
FRONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEASTERN CONVERSE COUNTY THIS MORNING...SWITCHING
THE WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST.  WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY MIDDAY AND INTO
THE AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY NOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10300 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD BECOMING EXCELLENT (50100-223900 KNOT-FT) BY MIDDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (3100-100400 KNOT-FT) BECOMING POOR BY MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY NOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9300 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO BECOMING EXCELLENT (55700-184500 KNOT-FT) BY MIDDAY.

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FORECASTER...WEILAND
REQUESTED BY...SHAY ROGGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120314.ROTHL.02/CYS