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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CANYON...BLM RAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
419 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2049 MDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT MONDAY. WESTERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN
RAPIDLY TODAY AS A DRIER AND WARMER AIRMASS IS PULLED UP FROM THE
GREAT BASIN. WINDY...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN
CRITICAL/EXTREME FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR TODAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AT SUNSET
BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE POOR WITH VERY LOW
DEWPOINTS. WINDY...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH CRITICAL/EXTREME
FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR WILL DEVELOP MONDAY. A STRONG DRY COLD FRONT
WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA EARLY MONDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL TREND 10 DEGREES COOLER ON TUESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT
WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE
                    MORNING AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    NEAR 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL AROUND
                    SUNSET...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 30 MPH BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING,,,WEST SOUTHWEST
                    25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY NIGHT...COOLER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WEST SOUTHWEST WIND
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO THE WEST
NORTHWEST LATE EVENING BEHIND COLD FRONT.

.TUESDAY...NOT AS WARM. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...MEGEL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120616.DRYCA.02/RIW