FNUS75 KRIW 112022 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUERIDGE RADIO TOWER REPLACEMENT...USFS SHF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 222 PM MDT SAT SEP 11 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1343 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WESTERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH AT OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. THEN WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN TODAY AS A RESULT OF A RELAXING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AS A FLAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST INTO THE AREA. THE AIR MASS WILL STILL REMAIN DRY HOWEVER WITH THE MINIMUM RELATIVE REMAINING AGAIN DIPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID TEENS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BY TUESDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS WYOMING AND SOME MONSOON MOISTURE SPREADS NORTH AHEAD OF IT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...LIPSON .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65. MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 ONLY BEFORE 0900. THEN BY 2200 WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 60. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LIPSON REQUESTED BY...CDC REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20100911.BLUER.01/RIW