FNUS75 KRIW 261008
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR NOWLIN...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
408 AM MDT MON SEP 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1834 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH AROUND
1000. A DRIER AND COOLER WESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL AFTERNOON.
A DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES TRENDING SLIGHTLY WARMER AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SLIGHTLY DRIER.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH 1000 WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS.
                    DECREASING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AFTERWARDS...BECOMING'
                    MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUST 15 TO 20 MPH...BRIEFLY
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST BETWEEN 1000 AND NOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.NEAR ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL THROUGH 0900 INCREASING TO
                    5700-6700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH 0900...BECOMING GOOD BETWEEN
                    1000 AND NOON.

$$

FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...TRACY STULL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110925.NOWLI.01/RIW