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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHUKKAR...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
349 PM MDT SUN AUG 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1528 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER THE LOSS
OF DAYLIGHT...WITH RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. WIND WILL
WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE FIRE BETWEEN 1300 AND 1600 ON MONDAY...CAUSING WIND TO SHIFT
TO THE WEST AND INCREASE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY OF SHOWER ACTIVITY OCCURRING AHEAD OF...AND WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SIGNIFICANTLY ON MONDAY
WITH ELEVATED DAYTIME HUMIDITY. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BEGIN TO
SLOWLY WARM BEGINNING TUESDAY...WITH DAYTIME HUMIDITY DECREASING
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.


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

FORECASTER...BRANHAM

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) BY 1800
                    THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)
                    AFTER 0100. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO
                    END AFTER 2200 THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 0200. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AT 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER 2000...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE.
LAL.................2 THROUGH 2200...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.8 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
                    THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AFTER
                    0700 AND REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING WEST AT 8 TO 12
                    MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 1400. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 15
                    TO 20 MPH AFTER 1300.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.17 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRANHAM
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100829.CHUKK.02/RIW