FNUS75 KCYS 221620 FWSCYS SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP CREEK RX...RWC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1020 AM MDT WED APR 22 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 MDT ON APRIL 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA TODAY WITH WEST WINDS IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE BURN LOCALE. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SOME MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDINESS TODAY BUT NO PRECIPITATION. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVES ACROSS MONTANA. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL EXIST ON THURSDAY AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES SOUTHWEST AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASING THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE BURN SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (600-128900 KNOT-FT). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (900-148600 KNOT-FT). .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........17-23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (1400-252900 KNOT-FT). $$ FORECASTER...RUBIN REQUESTED BY...AARON MIER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090422.DEEPC.01/CYS