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SPOT FORECAST FOR FREAK MT UNIT 9...USFS SHOSHONE NATIONAL FOREST WASHAKIE RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
650 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WYOMING TONIGHT. THEREFORE...
CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE QUICKLY WITH SNOW FALLING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
MONDAY.

FOR TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. YOU CAN EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIDELY SCATTERED
TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. WARM MARCH
TEMPERATURES WILL HANG ON THIS SUNDAY BEFORE TURNING SHARPLY COLDER ON MONDAY.

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

FORECASTER...LYNOTT

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A FEW RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 45 MPH DECREASING TO 15 TO 19 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-28.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTH 13 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-79 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 17 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....N/A.

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FORECASTER...LYNOTT
REQUESTED BY...JACOB BINNS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090322.FREAK.01/RIW