FNUS75 KRIW 111016 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...USFS SHF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 416 AM MDT MON OCT 11 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1908 MDT ON OCTOBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH INCREASED COVERAGE IN THE EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THEN CLOUDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER LOOKS DRY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY LOOKS DRY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOKS A BIT UNSETTLED WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AS WELL AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...AR .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1200. WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1200. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1200. WEST TO NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 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 4900-5400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH IN THE MORNING. WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29. MAX HUMIDITY........92-96 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 2100. WIND BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 4 TO 8 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 12 TO 18 MPH UNTIL 2100. WIND BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 3 AM. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.70 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 400-700 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN NORTH TO NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR...DECREASING TO POOR BY MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1300. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 5 TO 8 MPH. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.7 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...BECOMING FAIR IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .TUESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 20S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 30 TO 35. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. LOWS IN THE 30S. HIGHS IN THE 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE 30S. HIGHS IN THE 50S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 30 TO 35. HIGHS IN THE 40S. $$ FORECASTER...ROSS REQUESTED BY...KATIE WILLIAMSON REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101010.NORTH.01/RIW