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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLIFF CREEK RECOVERY...SUBLETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
816 AM MST MON JAN 28 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2037 MST ON JANUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SNOWFALL THIS MORNING WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS SHORT RESPITE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING
SNOWFALL ONCE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL OR A LITTLE AFTER 12 NOON
TUESDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THEREAFTER.

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

FORECASTER...LIPSON

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SNOWFALL TAPERING
                    OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY 2 TO 4 MPH MILES BETWEEN
                    MOUNTAIN TOP OBSCURATIONS.

MAX TEMPERATURE.....5 AT 10000 FEET AND 12 DEGREES AT 8500 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
                    SNOW LIKELY. VISIBILITY A MILE OR LESS...OCCASIONALLY
                    NEAR ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOUNTAIN TOP OBSCURATIONS TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....1-4.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-96 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 35 MPH BECOMING 30 TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
                    SNOW. VISIBILITY A MILE OR LESS...OCCASIONALLY
                    NEAR ZERO BEFORE NOON. MOUNTAIN TOP OBSCURATIONS THROUGH
                    TUESDAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....5 AT 10000 FEET AND 12 AT 8500 FEET...THEN FALLING TO
                    3 TO 10 DEGREES BY 1500.
MIN HUMIDITY........80-83 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 17 TO 23 MPH . GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 45 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON. WINDS THEN VEERING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    AFTER 1200 AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
                    BY 1600 WINDS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN NORTH AND NORTHEAST
                    AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER 1200...
                    THEN NORTH NORTHWEST AFTER 1600. STRONGEST WINDS BEFORE
                    1200.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SNOW LIKELY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. LOWS AROUND
7. WEST WINDS AROUND 23 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS
AROUND 19. WEST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH.
.THURSDAY...SNOW LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS AROUND 20. WEST
WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 11. HIGHS
AROUND 19. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...LIPSON
REQUESTED BY...JIM MITCHELL EMC
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20130127.CLIFF.01/RIW