FNUS75 KRIW 101034 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR NOWLIN...USFS BTF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 434 AM MDT SAT SEP 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2014 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE MOISTURE BEGINS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 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 .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000-8000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING (15000 KNOT-FT) AND FAIR (58800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT)...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) AFTER 0200L. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-42. MAX HUMIDITY........43-46 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-8 MPH. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LAL.................1. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER 2200L. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4000-40000 KNOT-FT). .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62. MIN HUMIDITY........26-29 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. LAL.................2. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7500-8500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (52000 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (104000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 40. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SKRBAC REQUESTED BY...GARY YETTER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110909.NOWLI.01/RIW