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SPOT FORECAST FOR RUSSELLS CAMP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
443 PM MDT MON JUN 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1619 MDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE SITE THROUGH
LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
EVENING ON TUESDAY.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE
BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM.  THE COLD FRONT WILL BE DRY...BUT WINDS
WILL SHIFT BEHIND THE FRONT TO MORE WESTERLY AT THE SURFACE.
WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH SOME A FEW HOURS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH POOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY.

WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING
TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING.  ALSO...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THOSE
OF TODAY.  MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO BETWEEN
10 AND 15 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
                    30 AND 35 MPH.  WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 14 MPH
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH.  WINDS DECREASING BY 11 PM TO
                    6 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 24 MPH...DECREASING TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    11 PM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT BECOMING POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT
                    (161500-6000 KNOT-FT).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH BY MID MORNING...INCREASING TO 22 TO 26 MPH
                    BY NOON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE
                    GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200 FT AGL BY MIDDAY.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR BECOMING EXCELLENT BY MIDDAY ((59600-
                    215800 KNOT-FT).

$$
FORECASTER...WEILAND
REQUESTED BY...LUKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120618.RUSSE.01/CYS