FNUS75 KRIW 031356
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
756 AM MDT SAT SEP 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0744 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AND STABLE HIGH PRESSURE WITH DECREASING WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL BE OVER THE FIRE AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WINDS.  DAYS WILL BE MILD WITH COOL NIGHTS.

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

FORECASTER...C.BAKER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 15
                    MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-71 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 12 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.LABOR DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. 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 UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...C.BAKER
REQUESTED BY...KELLY CORNWALL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110903.NORTO.01/RIW