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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY BEAVER SEARCH...SUBLETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
224 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0204 MDT ON OCTOBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD AND LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA INTO FRIDAY BEFORE
LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE 8000 FOOT LEVEL WILL LIKELY BE THE
BATTLEGROUND FOR THE RAIN SNOW LINE THIS MORNING WITH COLDER AIR
FILTERING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON CHANGING ANY RAIN AREAS TO ALL SNOW.
A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOW IS QUITE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS AREAS ABOVE 8000
FEET SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL MUCH OF THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH
3 TO 6 INCHES QUITE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL ALSO PROBABLY KICK IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT SPEEDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

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

FORECASTER...SKRBAC

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AROUND 8000
                    FEET THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
                    THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-41 AT 8000 FEET AND 36-38 AT 8500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
                    ACCUMULATION.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-98 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-39.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-74 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE EVENING...
THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.COLUMBUS DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SKRBAC
REQUESTED BY...JIM MITCHELL
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20111006.DRYBE.01/RIW