FNUS75 KRIW 061639 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR TRACT 84...BLM WOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1039 AM MDT WED OCT 6 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 MDT ON OCTOBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTHEAST WINDS BLOWING OUT AHEAD OF A BROAD CIRCULATION OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE PROJECT AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL VEER TO A MORE SOUTH SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER A RELATIVELY COOLER DAY TODAY... TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND AND THE AIR MASS WILL DRY OUT THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...LIPSON .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....74. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH EXCEPT 10 TO 15 MPH BETWEEN 1400 AND 1600. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-54. MAX HUMIDITY........67-70 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH. SOUTH SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....83. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH SOUTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH. SOUTH SOUTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH BY 1400. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LIPSON REQUESTED BY...JAMES HARBUZ REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101006.TRACT.01/RIW