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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE CREEK...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
753 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1845 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ONLY VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS REMAINED UPSTREAM
TO THE WEST THIS EVENING.  AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
MAY POP UP OVERNIGHT.  MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE
ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BLOSSOMING
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING MORE ISOLATED IN THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.  THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME INCREASINGLY
DOMINATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ON BOTH DAYS.
TEMPERATURES SHOW NO TREND ON SATURDAY AND THEN A SLIGHTLY COOLER
TREND ON SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER ON SATURDAY
AND THEN TREND HIGHER ON SUNDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). AN ISOLATED SHOWER
                    OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE
                    2200L.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WILL REMAIN ERRATIC WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH
                    THROUGH 2100L FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    MAINLY DOWNSTREAM OR EAST OF THE FIRE.  WEST WIND
                    AT 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.3 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 1000L...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1100L.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
                    MORE WIDELY SCATTERED BY 1400L.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH EARLY AFTERNOON.
                    THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
                    DOMINATE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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

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FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...BINNS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110826.PINEC.01/RIW