Monday, October 1, 2012

A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for the Casper,Wyoming area

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
in effect until Wednesday,October 3, 12:00AM,MDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 275...276...277...278...279...280...281... 282...283...285...286...287...288...289...300...414 AND 416...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 275...276...277...278... 279...280...281...282...283...285...286...287...288...289... 300... 414 AND 416.
* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WEST WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES...COMBINING WITH VERY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
&& HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RIVERTON







SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
in effect until Tuesday,October 2, 7:00AM,MDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING DRASTICALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY...THE MILD TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN OCTOBER WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST BY WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT BRINGS MUCH COOLER AIR TO THE REGION. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BLAST SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE 20 TO 35 DEGREES COLDER AND NORTH WIND OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL MAKE FOR A DRAMATIC SHIFT TO MORE FALL-LIKE WEATHER.TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 30S AND LOWER 40S IN PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN BIG HORN BASIN AND JOHNSON COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY. CENTRAL AREAS CAN EXPECT HIGHS TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. AREAS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE CAN EXPECT WEDNESDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN TUESDAY.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE BIG HORN BASIN...CODY FOOTHILLS AND JOHNSON COUNTY WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHER LOW ELEVATION SITES CAN ANTICIPATE SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW... TO FALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY LOW ELEVATION LOCATIONS TO RECEIVE MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE CODY... MEETEETSE...AND COMMUNITIES IN JOHNSON AND NATRONA COUNTIES.
THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS...ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS AND THE EAST HALF OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WILL SEE SNOW WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE TRACK OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL KEEP THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF WYOMING GENERALLY DRY.
THIS COLD OUTBREAK WILL PUT AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MANY LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES CAN EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING TO RANGE FROM 22 TO 28 DEGREES. HUNTERS AND OTHERS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS CHANGE TO COLD AND LOCALLY SNOWY CONDITIONS. THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HOLD THROUGH SATURDAY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ALONG WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS OR STATEMENTS ON THIS FIRST COLD SPELL OF THE FALL SEASON. WFO RIVERTON

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