FNUS75 KRIW 030224
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
824 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1958 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING
THE WILDFIRE TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF
NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE CALDWELL AND WIGGINS CREEK DRAINAGES
THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM. ON SATURDAY IN WAKE OF THIS DRY COLD
FRONT...WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER...MIN RH 10 TO 20 PERCENT
HIGHER...AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT SOME MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO SURGE NORTHWARD
LATE MONDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK DISTURBANCE. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MURRELL

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 15
                    MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AROUND 0200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.LABOR DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT 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 AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MURRELL
REQUESTED BY...KELLY CORNWALL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110902.NORTO.02/RIW