FNUS75 KRIW 301012 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKLIN SAR...FREMONT COUNTY SHERIFF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 412 AM MDT SAT OCT 30 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2207 MDT ON OCTOBER 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND ACROSS WYOMING TONIGHT. THIS FIRST SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING LOWER CLOUDS AND INCREASING HIGHER MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ACROSS THE DIVIDE 1400 TO 1600 TODAY ALONG WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH POSSIBLY AN INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY MORNING. A SECOND TRAILING SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DIVIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION AND SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CEILINGS SUNDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS MOVING IN. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING A WARMING TREND AND MAINLY VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...MEUNIER .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) AFTER 2000. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 1600. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-35. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-23. 20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 25 TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30. 20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 30 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 20. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...MEUNIER REQUESTED BY...MIKE REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20101029.BUCKL.01/RIW