FNUS75 KRIW 221411
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
811 AM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0734 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING AN
INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA...
ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TODAY AND MAY BE QUITE GUSTY AND ERRATIC AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY AS SHOWERS INCREASE. THE UPPER LEVEL PORTION
OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A CONTINUED
CHANCE OF SHOWERS INTO EARLY THURSDAY.


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

FORECASTER...SKRBAC

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH
                    SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-90 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 15
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 14 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
.SATURDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SKRBAC
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100922.NORTH.01/RIW