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Spot Forecast for Pine Ridge...BLM
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
430 AM MDT Tue Jun 25 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service at (307) 772-2227

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Tranquil weather early this morning with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies.
Light southwest to west winds through 0900. Fair to poor overnight humidity
recoveries through daybreak. A mainly dry forecast for today with slightly
cooler temperatures. Critical afternoon minimum humidity falling to the low
to mid teens by 1500. Winds shift more northwesterly by 0900, and expected to
become gusty during the afternoon. Wind gusts up to 25mph by 1500 will create
red flag conditions at times. Good to excellent humidity recovery overnight,
with an isolated chance of thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 95-97.
Min humidity........11-13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    north 15 to 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 25 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1   2   2   3   2   3   5   2   2   4   6   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............62  69  75  82  86  89  93  93  94  95  94  94
RH..............48  37  31  23  20  17  15  14  13  12  12  11
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   7   9   10  13  14  15  15  15  15  15  16
20 FT wind gust.10  13  15  17  20  22  23  23  23  23  25  25
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.20  17  16  14  15  15  17  18  21  22  22  21
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................2 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 62-64.
Max humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 13 to 15 mph decreasing to 6 to
                    10 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 18 to 20 mph shifting to the east 13
                    to 20 mph early in the evening.
Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for
                    large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10  29  30  26  17  15  16  17  25  32  29  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............93  88  84  79  76  73  70  68  67  66  65  65
RH..............12  16  23  32  40  51  61  68  73  78  78  75
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  E
20 FT wind spd..15  14  13  10  8   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.24  22  20  16  14  10  9   8   8   8   8   9
Transp wind dir.NW  N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.20  18  16  15  14  14  14  13  13  14  17  20
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers in the afternoon. Chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 22 percent in the
                    afternoon.
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2 until 1500, then 3.
Max temperature.....Around 88-90.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast
                    12 to 16 mph late in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 17 to 22 mph shifting to the southeast 16
                    to 17 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........33  39  49  45  40  26  28  35  41  46  50  53
Weather cov.....                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20  20
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   3   3   3
Temp............64  67  69  72  76  80  84  86  88  90  88  85
RH..............75  68  63  59  50  44  37  35  33  31  33  37
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   7   7   8   9   12  13  14  15  16  15  14
20 FT wind gust.10  12  13  14  16  17  20  22  24  24  24  22
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.22  22  20  17  17  16  16  16  17  17  16  16
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

$$
Forecaster...Wills
Requested by...Lori Neibauer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/25/24
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.EMAIL robneibauer@aol.com