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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMSHORN PEAK...IA CDC...CORRECTED FOR SUNDAYS WX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
327 PM MDT FRI AUG 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1454 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY WEATHER INFLUENCED BY A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
WITH ONLY ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL CLOSE
OFF AND MOVE INLAND TO IDAHO SUNDAY. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS WEATHER
FEATURE STREAMING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST WILL INITIATE SCATTERED LATE
DAY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY. ON MONDAY THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS. NORTH OF THE
LOW...MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS
INCLUDING THE FIRE AREA. AFTER SCATTERED MORNING SHOWERS
TUESDAY FROM MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...
DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) WITH SOME FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.                   WINDS EXP
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5-9 MPH.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-75 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 11 MPH
                    FROM 1900 TO 0100...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH...MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 TO 12 MPH. THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 50
PERCENT.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090828.RAMSH.01/RIW