FNUS75 KRIW 100539 CCA
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTON POINT...USDA - FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
439 PM MDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1554 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE MOISTURE BEGINS
MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY WITH A WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN
BE IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE GENERAL EASTERLY FLOW WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN ON SATURDAY AND THEN TURN SOUTH SATURDAY EVENING AND
THEN WESTERLY BY SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


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

FORECASTER...SKRBAC

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-36 IN THE VALLEYS.
                    45-49 ON THE RIDGETOPS.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS.
                    40-45 PERCENT ON THE RIDGETOPS.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 2100 THEN
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...GRADUALLY BECOMING EAST
                    BY MIDNIGHT AND SOUTHEAST BY MORNING.
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 (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68 IN THE VALLEYS.
                    57-60 ON THE RIDGETOPS NEAR 10K.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS.
                    25-30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGETOPS.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    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...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SKRBAC
REQUESTED BY...GALEN ROESLER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110909.NORTO.01/RIW