FNUS75 KRIW 062005
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR VAIL FIRE...TETON INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
205 PM MDT TUE SEP 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1053 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING. IT WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY
WITH GRADUALLY RISING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DURING THIS TIME.
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY STORMS.

THE AREA WILL HAVE A CLEARING SKY AND VERY LIGHT WINDS LATER
TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOW IMPACT WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.


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

FORECASTER...LYNOTT

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). WIDELY
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 12 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.9 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-77 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING EAST 8 TO
                    9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTS
                    UP TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LYNOTT
REQUESTED BY...JACOB HENRI
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110906.VAILF.01/RIW