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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOLIGAN SPRINGS RX...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
418 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND WARMER AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SLIGHTLY DRIER TODAY.  HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON.
ON SATURDAY...WINDY...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN
THE AFTERNOON RESULTING IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND
MID-DAY SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE FRONT...ALONG WITH CONTINUED WINDY
CONDITIONS WITH A SHARP WIND SHIFT FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE
FRONT.


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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING (10-20 PERCENT)...BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON (70-80 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY OR WEST 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUST TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3800 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 5000 TO 6000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR THROUGH 1100...BECOMING GOOD (75000 KNOT-FT)
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-63 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH AND GUSTY EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (30000-57900 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO
                    20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500-7500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    25 TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.

.SUNDAY...COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.  LOWS
IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.

.MONDAY...COLDER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE MID
40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...AARON THOMPSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120330.HOOLI.01/RIW