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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP HERDER...BLM,
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
608 PM MDT SUN SEP 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1734 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING AND
AGAIN MONDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THEN
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1400 THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.
THE WIND WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE ALONG WITH THE LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DECREASE SOME AFTER SUNSET
BUT THE WIND WILL INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS OF MONDAY.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 24 MPH UNTIL 2000.  THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST
                    AT 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    UNTIL 2100. THEN SOUTHWEST AT 13 TO 17 MPH.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 2100.
                    THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH AFTER 2100.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT...DECREASING TO FAIR BY MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING.  INCREASING CLOUDS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WIND AT 8 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 1000.
                    THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY 1200 WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 17 MPH UNTIL 1000.  THEN
                    INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7400-8400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    THEN WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AFTER 1200.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY 1200...THEN
                    EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING.  LOWS AROUND 50. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
UNTIL SUNSET...THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
MAX RH...50-55 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG SHORT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120909.SHEEP.01/RIW