FNUS75 KRIW 290007
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR PAW BAY...NPS GTP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
607 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1739 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF CLEARING OVER WESTERN WYOMING AND EASTERN
IDAHO WILL FILL IN...SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY SHORTLY AFTER 2000.
WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH SUNSET AND BACK TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN NOON AND 1400 TUESDAY AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY
SHARPLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT) THROUGH 2000 AND THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)  AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-55 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    15 MPH THROUGH SUNSET THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTH SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BETWEEN NOON AND 1400.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MUCH COLDER. CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH
POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...HATTAWAY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090928.BEARP.01/RIW