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SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER CREEK...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
348 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1459 MDT ON JUNE 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HOT...VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA AROUND 2000L WITH WINDS VEERING
FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND REMAINING GUSTY BEFORE A SHARP WIND
SHIFT FROM THE NORTH IN THE LATE EVENING...BETWEEN 2200L AND 2300L.
SUNNY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ON WEDNESDAY WITH UPSLOPE
WIND PREVAILING IN THE AFTERNOON.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH
                    2000L...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH...FOLLOWED BY A SHARP WIND SHIFT
                    FROM THE NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH BETWEEN 2200L AND
                    2300L...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 15
                    MPH AROUND 2000L...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH AROUND 10 MPH BETWEEN 2200L AND 2300...
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-11 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH...GUSTING TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120626.OTTER.01/RIW