FNUS75 KCYS 072023
FWSCYS

SPOT FORECAST FOR GHOSTTOWN...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
223 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1403 MDT ON JUNE 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN WINDS
WILL DECOUPLE AS GRADIENTS RELAX WITH WINDS TURNING LIGHT WEST AND
NORTHWEST BY LATE EVENING. AN APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL HELP GENERATE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WILDFIRE LOCATION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL DUE TO THE DRY LOW LEVELS.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE WILDFIRE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 50 MPH
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8600 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (112600-292000 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING WEST TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY LATE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (1400-103300 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10600 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (33300-180300 KNOT-FT).

$$
FORECASTER...RUBIN
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110607.GHOST.01/CYS