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SPOT FORECAST FOR COW CAMP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
834 AM MDT TUE JUN 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0819 MDT ON JUNE 05.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS WYOMING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SLOWLY
SHIFT INTO THE SOUTH THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20
TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL
DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A RISK OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 35 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12900 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (105600-309600 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH...DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (7500-160500 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN
                    THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (47500-81900 KNOT-FT).

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REQUESTED BY...JEROD DELAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120605.COWCA.01/CYS