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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH BUFFALO...USFS BTF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
527 AM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1856 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT MAINLY MOUNTAIN/VALLEY DIURNAL
WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE. THIS RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY WITH AN
INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND WARMER TODAY
AND SUNDAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LOWER. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS
PUSHING ACROSS OVERNIGHT. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE FRONT
MOVING THROUGH WEST TO EAST MONDAY EVENING. DRY AND MUCH COOLER
WESTERLY FLOW FOLLOW ON TUESDAY.

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

FORECASTER...MEUNIER

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73 AT 7400 FEET...59-62 AT 10000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT AT 7400 FEET...24-27 PERCENT AT 10000 FEET.

20 FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST OR
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-57 PERCENT.

20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY OR EAST NORTHEAST 4-7 MPH
                    AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74 AT 7400 FEET...60-63 AT 10000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT AT 7400 FEET...22-25 PERCENT AT 10000 FEET.

20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...
GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH EARLY EVENING.

.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...MEUNIER
REQUESTED BY...ROD DYKEHOUSE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120907.NORTH.01/RIW