FNUS75 KRIW 190216
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR BADWATER...BLM CAD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
816 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1935 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND MAINLY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
ACROSS THE FIRE AREA. SMOKE FROM THE NORTON POINT FIRE MAY AFFECT THE FIRE
AREA TONIGHT. UPPER FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY AND BRING IN SOME
MORE MODERATE AIR...EXPECT HIGHER RHS AND LOWER MAX TEMPS ON FRIDAY.
RIDGING REBUILDS BRIEFLY ON SATURDAY BEFORE A SHORT WAVE TROUGH FLATTENS
THE RIDGE ON SUNDAY AND INCREASES THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
IN THE AREA. THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS WILL REMAIN LOW.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-48 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH AND GUSTY EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH
                    BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
                    TO 3 TO 6 MPH BY 0600.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79 AT 6100 FEET AND 69 AT 8000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT AT 6100 FEET AND 38 PERCENT AT 8000 FEET.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. BY 1200 WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 14 MPH BY 1500.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...JON WARDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110818.BADWA.02/RIW