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SPOT FORECAST FOR SWAMP RAILROAD...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1206 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1944 MDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER THE AREA.
WIND WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LITTLE MORE WIND
WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS
FORECAST AFTER 800 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES
INTO NORTHERN WY. AT THIS TIME IT WILL REMAIN DRY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1100.  THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHEAST AT 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    1100.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....VARIABLE AT 4 TO 7 MPH UNTIL 1100.  THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH AFTER
                    1100.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000-6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 13 TO 17 MPH BY NOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING FAIR IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING
                    GOOD BY 1400.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 6 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2000.
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER 2000.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 13 MPH UNTIL 2000.
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 2000.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000=1500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD...BECOMING FAIR AFTER 2000...BECOMING POOR
                    BY MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1100.
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH AFTER 1100.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 7 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 1100.
                    THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1100.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000-8000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING GOOD BY NOON...BECOMING VERY GOOD BY 1500.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. WIND BECOMING
NORTHWEST AT NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER 800 PM.

.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...WENGERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120402.SWAMP.01/RIW