FNUS75 KRIW 021623 FWSRIW SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO DILL DAM...US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1023 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1004 MDT ON MAY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT MAINLY DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WITH SOME GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS MIXING ENDS WITH SUNSET. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING AROUND A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2000. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END AFTER 0300 THURSDAY NIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... ...HAINES INDEX IS HIGH LEVEL HAINES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT... FORECASTER...HATTINGS .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2000. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2000. RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HATTINGS REQUESTED BY...JACK BUFFKIN REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20120502.BUFFA.01/RIW