Wyoming Fire Weather Zone 259
.DISCUSSION...THE LARGE AND PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRALView Complete Fire Weather Zones
PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. HOWEVER...AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH AT LEAST THIS MORNING. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. IT WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER TODAY...AND EVEN WARMER STILL ON SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING GUSTY WEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLDER AIR FOR SUNDAY. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL ENSUE FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. NO APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN CAMPBELL- LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CROOK AND WESTON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WRIGHT...GILLETTE...COLONY... MOORCROFT...NEWCASTLE...UPTON 408 AM MDT FRI OCT 24 2008 .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........27-35 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 TO 8000 FT AGL. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........61-75 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. MIXING HEIGHT.......100 TO 600 FT AGL. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........23-31 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST AROUND 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 TO 8300 FT AGL. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...COOLER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. .MONDAY...WARMER. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 60. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
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