FNUS75 KRIW 181915
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
115 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2011

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
201 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2011

UPDATED RED FLAG WARNING VALID TIME AND UPDATED FORECAST FOR
REMAINDER OF TODAY

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1324 MDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
WARM...DRY...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE FIRE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS COMBINATIONS OF HUMIDITY
AND WIND ARE EXPECTED WITH CURRENT WARM TEMPERATURES. A RED FLAG
WARNING WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT.
MORNING INVERSIONS ARE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY...WITH INVERSIONS
BREAKING BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS.

SEE CURRENT SPOT FORECAST FOR CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

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

FORECASTER...BRANHAM/ALLEN

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT) BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77 ABOVE 9500...70-74 ABOVE 9500 FT.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST 15 TO 20 GUSTS UP TO 37 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER 2000.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 25 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25
MPH IN THE EVENING THEN WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE