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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
958 PM MDT MON OCT 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2050 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN
OVER THE AREA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF A STORM
SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ONLY SPOTTY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH CONTINUED
SLIM CHANCES OF RECEIVING A WETTING RAIN. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP
SOUTH...EAST OF THE DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FRONT
AND A SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL ENHANCE THE NORMAL EASTERLY
WIND AT NIGHT. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO TREND
COOLER TODAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HIGHER.  THE STORM SYSTEM
OVER CALIFORNIA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN
THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY...THOUGH THE SYSTEM WILL
WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY THIS TIME WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ORGANIZED
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
                    POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-67 NEAR 7000 FEET TO 57-60 AT 8500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......UP CANYON OR EAST SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-74 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST 4-7 MPH INCREASING TO 5-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68 NEAR 7000 FEET TO 59-62 AT 8500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-38 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST OR UP CANYON 4-8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST OR UP CANYON
                    5-9 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID
30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...DAVE WILKINS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101004.BULL_.01/RIW