Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY

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SPOT FORECAST FOR CORRY...USFS SHF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
750 PM MDT WED MAY 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1923 MDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WET SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA FOR MUCH
OF THE EVENING AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES IN...WHICH
WILL GIVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO KEEP THESE SHOWERS GOING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT. IT WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED TOMORROW WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING. IT WILL ALSO BE WARMER AND WINDIER TOMORROW AS FLOW
SHIFTS TO THE SOUTHWEST. VERY DRY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW MOVES
IN ON FRIDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS MIXING DOWN IN THE LATE MORNING. A
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

COOLER THIS WEEKEND WITH A LARGE TROUGH MOVING IN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

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

FORECASTER...ALLEN

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    (10-15 PERCENT) SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 15
                    MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH 2400.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................2.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED (10-15 PERCENT)
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SCATTERED
                    (30-40 PERCENT) AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.17 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED (35-45 PERCENT) SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED (10-15 PERCENT)
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 40. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER 1500...BECOMING
WEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY 1800.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS...ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WINDS
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS...ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 50S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...FRANCHINI
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130515.CORRY.01/RIW






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