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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMSHORN PEAK...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
741 PM MDT FRI AUG 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1902 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING.
AS A RESULT...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING...BRINGING IN WIDESPREAD RAIN
SHOWERS AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 8500
FEET ARE FORECAST FOR THE FIRE AREA BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVERHEAD. A COOL AND MOIST NORTHERLY FLOW IS
ANTICIPATED FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A FEW SHOWERS CAN BE
                    EXPECTED THROUGH 830 PM. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-97 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.9 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-39.
MIN HUMIDITY........74-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
                    BY 1200. WINDS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH BY 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.39 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...COLDER...CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...BOB EVANS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090814.RAMSH.01/RIW