FNUS75 KRIW 301154 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS BTF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 554 AM MDT MON AUG 30 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1700 MDT ON AUGUST 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TUESDAY. A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TODAY...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT. SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 9000 FEET BY LATE TODAY... MEANING SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES. TUESDAY LOOKS RATHER COLD WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS AROUND 9000 FEET. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...AR .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-53. MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL NOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH AFTER 1 PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 11 MPH UNTIL NOON. SOUTHWEST AT 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. LAL.................2. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.49 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-5600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR...BECOMING GOOD AFTER 1 PM. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. SNOW SHOWERS AROUND 9000 FEET. ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 800 PM. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH UNTIL 9 PM. THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT 3 TO 6 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 9 PM...THEN DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.21 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING... THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR...BECOMING POOR BY MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS AT OR ABOVE 9000 FEET. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-55. MIN HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 14 MPH AFTER 11 AM...GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...BECOMING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROSS REQUESTED BY...BULL OPERATIONS REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100829.BULL_.01/RIW