FNUS75 KRIW 271551
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAINTROCK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
951 AM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0923 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR BUT RHS WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER AT THE
FIRE TODAY. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATHER LIGHT AND
MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN UNLESS A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS
NEARBY.

A DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING WIDELY SCATTERED AFTER 3 PM. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY EARLY
EVENING WITH THE BEST SHOT OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 6 PM AND
MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME OUTFLOW
DOMINATED BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...AS THE AREA BECOMES
AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER...RH A BIT HIGHER
THAN WHAT OCCURS TODAY.

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

FORECASTER...ALLEN

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING WIDELY SCATTERED AFTER
                    1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTHWEST
                    3-7 BY THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2 THEN 3 AFTER 1500.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000 THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.15 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WENGERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.PAINT.01/RIW