FNUS75 KRIW 112109
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER CREEK...BLM WOD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
309 PM MDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1422 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING OVER THE FIRE AREA. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH
ARE POTENTIAL THREATS. DRIER AIR WILL WORK ITS WAY NORTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
...WITH NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED BY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AS A COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY SOUTH THIS EVENING
TODAY...WITH RH'S IN THE LOW 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW THIS EVENING
BEHIND A COOL FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS TRENDING A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH
                    TOWARD THE EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-61 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                    TO 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3 TO 6 MPH BY 1500.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 11 MPH.
.SATURDAY...CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.OTTER.01/RIW