FNUS75 KCYS 170014
FWSCYS

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK...USFS NNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
614 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1803 MDT ON JULY 16.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A CONTINUATION OF LOW
HUMIDITIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THE AREA
ON SATURDAY. MIDLEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION
ON SATURDAY AS WELL...RESULTING IN HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF DRY LIGHTNING. SUBTROPICAL MONSOON MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE OVER THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK FOR A
BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WETTING RAINFALL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........30 TO 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. GUSTS UP
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3400-48900 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 13000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (68700-234300 KNOT-FT).

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REQUESTED BY...LUKE FORTNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100716.NORTH.01/CYS