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SPOT FORECAST FOR LIME FIRE...BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
835 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1954 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THE REST
OF THE NIGHT. GUSTY WIND TO 30 MPH MAY OCCUR NEAR ANY SHOWER OR STORM.
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A STORM IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY
BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH LIGHTNING.
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST
FOR MONDAY AS WELL. MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL
MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING...THUS KEEP AN EYE TO
THE WEST OF THE FIRE FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT AND LIGHTNING.

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

FORECASTER...AR

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT DOWNVALLEY WIND AT 3 TO 6 MPH.
                    WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH NEAR STORMS OR SHOWERS.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 4 TO 7 MPH.
                    WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR STORMS OR SHOWERS.

LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.12 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500-700 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER
                    1300. ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS UNTIL 1200.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE AT 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1000. THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AT 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 1000. THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    AT 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2100.
                    WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

RIDGE TOP WINDS.....VARIABLE AT 4 TO 7 MPH UNTIL 1000. THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1000. THEN WEST
                    TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2100.

                    WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.7 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000-6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER 2100.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR...BECOMING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH
UNTIL 2100...THEN LIGHT DOWNVALLEY AT 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2100.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSS
REQUESTED BY...LIME IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.LIMEF.01/RIW