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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
359 AM MDT SUN OCT 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1941 MDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY WILL OCCUR TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN...WITH LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE WEST COAST TODAY AND
MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED CLOUD COVER...HIGHER
HUMIDITY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY.
IN ADDITION...BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
FIRE SITE MONDAY.

COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...SHOWERS WILL REMAIN SPOTTY...AND WETTING
PRECIPITATION IS UNLIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MURRELL

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (LESS THAN 10 PERCENT)...BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (35 PERCENT) AROUND 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH AROUND 1500.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 10
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 10-15
                    MPH BETWEEN 1000 AND 1200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.1 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN
THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MURRELL
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101002.NORTH.01/RIW