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SPOT FORECAST FOR CATO...SHERIDAN COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
508 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1652 MDT ON JUNE 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MUCH WARMER AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THIS GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN PERSISTS.
A FEW MORE CLOUDS COULD BE AROUND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS A WEAK WEATHER
DISTURBANCE TRACKS EAST ACROSS MONTANA.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-61 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST AT 10
                    TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. EAST WINDS 10 MPH BY 0300.
                    THEN SOUTHEAST 10 MPH BY 0600.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST AT 10
                    TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. EAST WINDS 10 MPH BY 0300.
                    THEN SOUTHEAST 10 MPH BY 0600.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300-6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000-32700 KNOT-FT).

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 10 MPH. AFTER 1200 LIGHT AND VARIABLE 5 TO 9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH. AFTER 1200 LIGHT AND VARIABLE 5 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9500-10500 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 13
                    TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (43600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
                    (110200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE. LOWS AROUND 60.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.
LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...NOT AS WARM. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...BILL BIESTOCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120627.CATO_.01/RIW