FNUS75 KRIW 071716 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR TYSDALE 1...BLM CAD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1116 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1031 MDT ON JULY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE OUT THROUGH THE FIRE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED WETTING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS BUT WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THE FAST MOVEMENT EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS...WETTING RAIN ON THE FIRE IS NOT LIKELY. THE DRY AIR FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL DECREASE THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...CHURCH .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87. MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING EAST 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST 4-9 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59. MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 50. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CHURCH REQUESTED BY...KYLE ADAMS REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090707.TYSDA.02/RIW