FNUS75 KRIW 012328
FWSRIW

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
528 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1718 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE OVER THE REGION '
TODAY...PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING PERIOD. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL. EXTENDED SMALL CHANCES FOR OVERNIGHT SHOWERS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FRIDAY...THE REGION WILL DRY OUT FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH...WITH ONLY AN VERY ISOLATED  CHANCES FOR A SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS.

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

FORECASTER...BRAUN

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING EAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 8 TO 11 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    5-9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRAUN
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130801.HAWK_.02/RIW