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SPOT FORECAST FOR WARM SPRINGS...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
608 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SOME DISSIPATING SHOWERS WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2000L WITH ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. VERY ISOLATED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED UPSTREAM TO THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED A FEW STRIKES EXPECTED TO STAY WELL
SOUTH OF THE FIRE AS IT CROSSES THE WIND RIVER RANGE.

A RIDGE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH
FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS PERIOD.  TEMPERATURES WILL SHOW LITTLE TREND WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
TRENDING HIGHER OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. GUSTY WEST SOUTHWEST WIND
WILL MIX OUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER WIND EXPECTED FRIDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2000L.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-47 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THROUGH
                    2000L.  ERRATIC GUSTS TO 35 MPH...PRIMARILY FROM THE
                    WEST...IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS.  BECOMING WEST
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.  ERRATIC GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS THROUGH 2000L.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).  ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77 TO 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH
                    BETWEEN NOON AND 1400L. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 25
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 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 LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...CODY DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.WARMS.01/RIW