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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
643 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1623 MDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...AROUND 0900...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST.
HOWEVER A VERY DRY AIRMASS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN
OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A DRY AND COOL AIRMASS
WILL PREVAIL ON THURSDAY WITH SOME GUSTY WEST WIND IN THE AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY EVENING ALONG WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST.


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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THROUGH 0900
                    THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO
                    20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....21-24.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING. BECOMING WEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 19.
HIGHS AROUND 50. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS AROUND 50. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121002.ROCKC.01/RIW