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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK...BRIDGER TETON FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
233 PM MDT MON OCT 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1313 MDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. GUSTY
WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH CRITICAL TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE WIND WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 30 MPH AND HUMIDITY READINGS DROP TO
AROUND 20 PERCENT. THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING COOLER AIR AND A
NORTHERLY FLOW TO THE FIRE SITE ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
ABOUT 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN TUESDAY. ANY ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.


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

FORECASTER...JONES

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-74 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH
                    BY 2000L.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 0900L...
                    THEN BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH BY
                    1000. BETWEEN 1100L AND 1300L WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND
                    WILL INCREASE TO 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH
THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTY RIDGETOP WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...COOLER WITH WIND BECOMING NORTHERLY. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JONES
REQUESTED BY...ROCK CREEK LOOKOUT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121001.ROCKC.01/RIW