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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH LITTLE MT5...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1202 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN EXITING FAST MOVING OPEN PACIFIC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY WITH CLEARING SKIES BEHIND IT. A MORE
VIGOROUS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH WYOMING SATURDAY WITH STRONGER
WINDS AND ANOTHER THREAT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100-5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (50400-66200 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED SNOW
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-69 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 28 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (60200-65600 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.8 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 23 TO 26 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (53200-55000 KNOT-FT).

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...COLDER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 20.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 19.
HIGHS AROUND 30. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...JACK MONONI
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130413.NORTH.01/RIW