FNUS75 KRIW 200103
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR BADWATER...IA CPC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
703 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1755 MDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SURGE ACROSS THE FIRE THIS EVENING BRINGING
IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER WYOMING THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
MONSOONAL MOISTURE SURGING FURTHER NORTH. THIS WILL BRING ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY WARMER AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN TREND
MUCH WARMER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY DRIER ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.


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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-72 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH THIS
                    EVENING.  BECOMING DOWNSLOPE OR LIGHT WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING WEST SOUTH
                    WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH AROUND 0900 AND SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.  GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                    NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.

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

$$

FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...JON WARDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110819.BADWA.02/RIW