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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
235 AM MDT SAT OCT 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1921 MDT ON OCTOBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND 10
AM...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES INTO THE REGION. DRY ON SUNDAY AS WELL. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHWEST WYOMING MONDAY AND INTO CENTRAL WYOMING MONDAY
EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN
THE FORECAST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW LINGERING RAIN OR
SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING...THEN DRY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
LONG RANGE FORECAST CALLS FOR DRY WEATHER NEXT WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH MILD TEMPERATURES FOR MID OCTOBER.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH 10 AM. THEN
                    TURNING PARTLY CLOUDY AROUND NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50 ABOVE 9000 FEET...50-55 BELOW 9000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WIND 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 1200.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING GOOD AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 2000...
                    THEN NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR...BECOMING POOR AFTER 2000.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    NORTHEAST AT 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AT 4 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    NORTH TO NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1200.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...BECOMING FAIR AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 30S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN THE 50S.
WEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON RIDGES.

.TUESDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING.
THEN DECREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE 20S.
HIGHS IN THE 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S.

.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 60.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...CDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101008.NORTH.01/RIW