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SPOT FORECAST FOR WARM SPRINGS...IA CDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
300 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

UPDATED TO REMOVE FIRE WEATHER WATCH...AND TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE WIND TODAY.

.DISCUSSION...

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 THIS 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/MURRELL

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TO 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 TO 22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 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 20
                    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