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SPOT FORECAST FOR PACKER CREEK...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
459 AM MDT SAT AUG 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2005 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL IDAHO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BRING A DRY AND WARMER
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON AGAIN ON SUNDAY. MORE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ROTATE
NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN MORE CLOUD COVER AND
SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.


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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH...BECOMING WEST
                    NORTHWEST 7-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER 2 PM.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 20
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-4200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8200-9200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...INCREASING TO VERY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-77 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

MIXING HEIGHT.......5300-6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-900 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 4 TO
                    8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH...BECOMING
                    WEST NORTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
                    15 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9200-10200 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.

TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...WEST AROUND 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...EGE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130802.PACKE.01/RIW