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SPOT FORECAST FOR FONTENELLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
456 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1443 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS OVER THE FIRE. COVERAGE OF STORMS
IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYLIGHT...THOUGH SOME
ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTY
WIND AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACT THE
FIRE WEDNESDAY...TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WILL DRY BY LATE TUESDAY
EVENING...WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF. A DRY DAY IS THEN IN
STORE FOR WEDNESDAY...AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WORKS TO BUILD
OVER THE AREA.

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

FORECASTER...BRANHAM

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH STORM
                    COVERAGE DECREASING TO ISOLATED BY 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-48 BELOW 9000 FT...42-45 ABOVE 9000 FT.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-99 PERCENT BELOW 9000 FT...99-92 PERCENT
                    ABOVE 9000 FT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WIND UP TO 20 MPH...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER 2200.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2300...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.13 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74 BELOW 9000 FT...68-71 ABOVE 9000 FT.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT BELOW 9000 FT...34-37 PERCENT ABOVE
                    9000 FT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BY 1100.
                    GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGER
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH...UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 1300.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.7 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46 BELOW 9000 FT...41-44 ABOVE 9000 FT.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-99 PERCENT BELOW 9000 FT...75-79 PERCENT ABOVE
                    9000 FT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BY 2400. GUSTS UP
                    TO 20 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
                    BY 0100
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT THROUGH 2300.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74 BELOW 9000 FT...68-71 ABOVE 9000 FT.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT BELOW 9000 FT....21-24 PERCENT
                    ABOVE 9000 FT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BY 0800. WEST
                    NORTHWEST WIND THEN INCREASING TO 12-15 MPH AFTER
                    1300.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH AFTER 1300.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH..INCREASING TO 4 BY 1400.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRANHAM
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BENTLEY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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