Spot Forecast Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY
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Spot Forecast for Omar RX...Gering Fire Department
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1250 PM MDT Fri Apr 12 2024
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service at (307) 772-2227
.DISCUSSION...
Sunny skies continue this afternoon across Scott Bluff County.
Winds have been hard pressed to shift so far today...remaining
southeast to south through the morning hours. Afternoon humidity
will eventuall fall to near 15 percent late in the afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 6 mph shifting to the
south 6 to 8 mph with gusts to 15 mph after 1500.
Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL increasing to 13200 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west 9 to 15
mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to good (82400 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to very good (111600
knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to
excellent (165500 knot-ft) in the afternoon in
the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 10 14
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............34 35 39 47 50 55 60 66 72 78 79 79
RH..............61 59 52 40 37 34 27 22 18 15 15 15
20 FT wind dir..SE E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8
20 FT wind gust.12 12 14 8 7 9 12 14 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 2.1 4.1 6.3 8.3 10 12 13 13
Transp wind dir.SE S S SW SW W W W W W W SW
Transp wind spd.9 8 6 6 9 13 15 15 15 14 14 15
Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
SDspl kt-ft/10002 0 0 3 16 44 82 112 130 139 157 166
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................2 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph thru 2300. Then
shifting to southeast 4 to 6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL decreasing to 0 ft AGL in the late
evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (155200 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to very good (108600 knot-ft) late
in the night decreasing to fair (51500 knot-ft)
early in the evening decreasing to poor (0
knot-ft) late in the night early in the
evening.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........18 17 17 16 16 16 16 13 11 9 21 34
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............78 72 65 60 58 57 54 52 50 47 46 45
RH..............16 20 26 31 32 31 34 36 41 47 49 51
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE E S E NW
20 FT wind spd..9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 10 9
Mix hgt (kft)...12 8.7 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.SW SW S S S S S S S SW SW W
Transp wind spd.15 15 14 14 14 14 13 12 9 8 7 8
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SDspl kt-ft/1000155 109 52 7 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 1
$$
Forecaster...Claycomb
Requested by...Nathan Flowers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/12/24
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