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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST BATTLE CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1255 PM MDT WED JUL 24 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1241 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE ALOFT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY. IT WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
MAINTAIN THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS DURING THIS TIME. THEN MOISTURE IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL
INCREASE...WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINFALL.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (144900-192400 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (6400-79200 KNOT-FT).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (64900-144700 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...JAMSKI
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS RANKIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130724.WESTB.01/CYS