FNUS75 KRIW 191946
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD SPRINGS...WY-WBD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
146 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1313 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BRING AFTERNOON SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FIRE AREA. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL WORK TO DECREASE
BY MIDNIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM AGAIN THURSDAY...AND HUMIDITY ACROSS THE AREA WILL DIP INTO THE LOW
TO MID TEENS.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................4.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-47 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.8 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH 83 TO 87. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE
MORNING.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CDC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110719.COLDS.01/RIW