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SPOT FORECAST FOR SQUIRRELL CREEK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
127 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1309 MDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE BURN
SITE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING. ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO
15 MPH WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND PERIODIC LIGHTNING STRIKES.
THE STORMS SHOULD DIE OFF TOWARDS SUNSET. OTHERWISE...EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE WIND TURNING MORE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................6.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (61200-84700 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (5100-61500 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...COX
REQUESTED BY...BONES BONENBERGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120711.SQUIR.01/CYS