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SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER CREEK...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1022 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0943 MDT ON JUNE 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL TREND AROUND 10 DEGREES COOLER. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
LIKEWISE TREND HIGHER. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND WARMER ON THURSDAY.
A WARM BREEZY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH MARGINAL
RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED EACH DAY.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84 TO 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-16 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFING TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY 1400.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST AT 6 TO 11 MPH
                    BY 1400.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8200-9200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 9
                    TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (29500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
                    (108700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600-9600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3400-4400 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (88900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR (5700
                    KNOT-FT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-4400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9300-10300 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (29100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
                    (107900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. 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 UPPER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 90.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN O BRIEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120627.OTTER.01/RIW