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Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY
Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY
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515 FNUS75 KCYS 132203 FWSCYS Spot Forecast for Hardwood Fire...Gering FD National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 403 PM MDT Thu Jun 13 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service at (307) 772-2227 .DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms expected to really decrease after sunset early this evening. Best timing wise for storms between now and 8PM. Gusty and erratic wind gusts near thunderstorms with gusts 40-45mph possible. Good humidity recoveries tonight as the Panhandle is on the east (cool) side of a cold front that moved into from the northwest. This front will stall along the east slopes of the Laramie Range overnight...setting the stage for more widespread showers and storms Friday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly Cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................7 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast around 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (68600 knot-ft). Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 5PM Sky (%).........46 Weather cov.....SCH Weather type....RW Tstm cov........SCH CWR.............10 LAL.............2 Temp............84 RH..............31 20 FT wind dir..SE 20 FT wind spd..12 20 FT wind gust.17 Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 Transp wind dir.SE Transp wind spd.15 Haines index....5 SDspl kt-ft/100069 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. CWR.................7 percent. LAL.................3 until 2100, then 2 until 2400, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 61. Max humidity........78 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 23 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (66000 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (18800 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........48 51 44 36 34 28 27 33 46 59 62 59 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............83 80 76 72 69 68 67 66 65 63 63 62 RH..............32 39 45 51 57 59 61 63 68 72 72 75 20 FT wind dir..E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 20 FT wind gust.17 17 17 16 16 14 17 16 15 16 16 17 Mix hgt (kft)...5.1 4.1 2.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S Transp wind spd.15 16 17 18 20 22 23 23 23 22 22 22 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100066 56 42 29 26 27 29 28 27 26 22 19 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................3 percent increasing to 29 percent in the afternoon. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. Max temperature.....Around 86. Min humidity........39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 12 to 16 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 18 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 14 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (20600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to very good (105300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. 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 (%).........54 52 60 74 68 65 55 70 68 67 71 71 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 Temp............62 65 67 70 77 79 82 85 83 83 80 79 RH..............78 73 70 66 52 49 44 39 41 41 45 50 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S S SE SE S S 20 FT wind spd..12 14 15 16 16 14 16 16 15 14 14 14 20 FT wind gust.18 22 23 25 25 22 25 24 23 22 21 22 Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.5 3.9 4.7 6.6 8.6 9.8 9.4 8.0 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.22 23 24 25 25 24 23 18 14 10 10 13 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100021 32 50 68 77 83 92 105 103 90 85 84 $$ Forecaster...Claycomb Requested by...Nathan Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416106.0/CYS .DELDT 06/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL firedept@gering.org