FNUS75 KRIW 192242
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR GARNET SAR...NPS GRAND TETON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
442 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1559 MDT ON APRIL 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN LATER TONIGHT...RESULTING
IN A DECREASE OF CLOUDS. IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS
ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...ONLY ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST ON
WEDNESDAY FOR THE GRAND TETONS. BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW RETURNS FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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

FORECASTER...LYNOTT

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SNOW
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. DECREASING CLOUDS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-14.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-97 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SNOW
                    SHOWERS BY THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH...INCREASING TO NEAR 35 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...NOT AS COLD. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN
THE EVENING...THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID
20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
.THURSDAY...SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
AROUND 16. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 15.
HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS
AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LYNOTT
REQUESTED BY...HARDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110419.GARNE.02/RIW