FNUS75 KCYS 301755 FWSCYS SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH PENNOCK...RAWLINS DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1155 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1135 MDT ON AUGUST 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MUCH DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS IN STORE ACROSS CARBON COUNTY TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND LOWER WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 PERCENT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT) EARLY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81 DEGREES. MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (35800-181400 KNOT-FT). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........65 TO 75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE EVENING SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH BY EARLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (1400-87200 KNOT-FT). .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83 DEGREES. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (62600-217500 KNOT-FT). $$ REQUESTED BY...C HATHAWAY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110830.SOUTH.01/CYS