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SPOT FORECAST FOR RED ROCK...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
424 AM MDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2040 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.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-25 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......EAST SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1000L...THEN BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....EAST 5-9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT)...BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) AFTER 0100L.

MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-31 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.4 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...
THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SKRBAC
REQUESTED BY...JOHN FREEMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110909.REDRO.02/RIW