FNUS75 KCYS 200156
FWSCYS

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD FIRE...NEBARASKA EMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
756 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1929 MDT ON JUNE 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE TO THE NORTHWEST
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE BURN AREA WILL
BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. BREEZY NORTHEAST
WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH OVERNIGHT.
EXPECT GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WITH VALUES NEAR 80 PERCENT
BY MORNING. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY
ALONG WITH DRIER CONDITIONS WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY IN THE AFTERNOON
NEAR 30 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING NORTH 5
                    TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2200 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (18900-49900 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10700 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (61300-136700 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...JAMSKI
REQUESTED BY...BRENT CURTIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120619.COTTO.03/CYS