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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
335 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1459 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AFTER SOME ISOLATED EVENING SHOWERS...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS.
WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE BREEZY AREAS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 8000 FEET.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-58 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EXCEPT NORTHWEST ALONG THE FRONTIER
                    CREEK AND SOUTHWEST ALONG THE CALDWELL CREEK.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING. WIND SPEEDS 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT
                    FROM THE SAME DIRECTIONS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 15
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67 AT 8200 FEET AND 59 AT 10200 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT AT 8200 FEET AND 26 PERCENT AT 10200 FEET.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5-9 MPH EXCEPT NORTHWEST ALONG THE
                    FRONTIER CREEK AND SOUTHWEST ALONG THE CALDWELL
                    CREEK. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...BOB EVANS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.NORTO.01/RIW