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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
346 AM MDT TUE OCT 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1945 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE MOIST AND COOLER CONDITIONS THAT OVERSPREAD THE REGION
YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF WEEK. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WIND RIVER
MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT CREATES SOME
WEAK UPSLOPE OVER THE EASTERN WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS.

THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE THIS MORNING FROM
THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST...WITH WINDS WEAKENING...ESPECIALLY LATE
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SWITCH TO
THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST DURING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

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

FORECASTER...MURRELL

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75+ PERCENT). VERY ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN WIDELY
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING. WINDS BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 1500. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH...DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH
                    BY NOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
                    5-10 AROUND 1500.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75+). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........90+ PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST 5-10 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
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. ISOALTED SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH.

.FRIDAY...COLDER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...MURRELL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HARBUZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101004.NORTH.01/RIW