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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED ROCK...IA TDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
622 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

MORE STABLE CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE THIS
EVENING...THOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. A BRIEF BREAK FROM
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED LATE
TONIGHT...THOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN
BY THE MORNING HOURS. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL RETURN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND WITH LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS THROUGH THE DAY AND EVENING. SIMILAR
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE FIRE
TOMORROW...THOUGH HUMIDITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY INCREASED WITH THE
EARLIER ARRIVAL OF MOISTURE.

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

FORECASTER...BRANHAM

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AND DECREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH BY 0200.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT THROUGH 2200.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SCATTERED BY 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AFTER
                    1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST BY 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
                    MPH BY 1300.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRANHAM
REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.REDRO.01/RIW