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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
425 AM MDT SUN OCT 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1829 MDT ON OCTOBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER TODAY...TONIGHT AND MOST OF MONDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING A
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE TO LINGER
INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH DRYING IN THE AFTERNOON. DRY WEATHER
IS FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS AND BECOMING MOSTLY
                    SUNNY BY 0900L.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1200.
                    NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 17 MPH AFTER 1200.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4500-5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING FAIR IN THE MORNING...THEN GOOD AFTER 1300.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT AT 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
                    THEN WIND BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 700-1000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR BY MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...INCREASING CLOUDS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-38 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 7 MPH UNTIL 1300.
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1300.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1300.
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
                    20 MPH AFTER 1300.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4800-5600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    WEST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING FAIR IN THE MORNING...THEN GOOD IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 28-33.
WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
DECREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE 40S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. LOWS 27 TO 34. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. LOWS 30 TO 35. HIGHS 55 TO 60.
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101009.NORTH.02/RIW