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SPOT FORECAST FOR SQUIRREL CREEK...USFS MBF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
407 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 MDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MAINLY WESTERN CARBON COUNTY MAY SNEAK TO NEAR THE FIRE LOCATION
YET THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NOT EXPECTING A GREAT CHANCE OF THIS
OCCURRING. AFTERNOON CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE
EVENING GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS
WILL NOT BE ALL THAT STRONG AND WILL TURN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY BY
LATE EVENING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL AGAIN RETURN ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2100...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR
                    (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 TO 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST/NORTHEAST AT 8 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT 5 TO 10 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS
                    IN THE VICINITY OF LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..
CWR.................10 PERCENT UNTIL 2100...THEN ZERO.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT BECOMING POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT
                    (3100-66100 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT) UNTIL 1300 THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY.
CWR.................ZERO PERCENT UNTIL 1300...THEN 10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12900 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (62800-118600 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...HAHN
REQUESTED BY...BONES BONENBERGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120710.SQUIR.01/CYS