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SPOT FORECAST FOR JACOBS...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1104 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2217 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 0200L. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED
OVER THE GREAT BASIN ON TUESDAY WEAK NORTH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SLIDE FURTHER
AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY...SO THE DOWNSLOPE EASTERLY
SURGE WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS STRONG TUESDAY EVENING. THE AIRMASS
WILL TREND DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER ON TUESDAY WITH LESS
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE BIG HORN RANGE. MOST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST WILL
REMAIN ANCHORED TO THE HIGH TERRAIN.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-58 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY OR SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH
                    BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0200L.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0200L.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400-6400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1700-2200 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR DECREASING TO POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH...GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-9100 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR IN THE MORNING...GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH
...GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS AROUND
90. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
90S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...CDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120709.JACOB.01/RIW