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Spot Forecast for Henderson Fire...Minatare Fire Dept
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
932 AM MDT Sat Jul 20 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service at (307) 772-2227

.DISCUSSION...
This is a test...test...test

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight. Slight chance of
                    showers overnight. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight. Patchy fog after 3 am.
CWR.................3 percent.
LAL.................1 until 2400, then 3.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 8 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    north 7 to 10 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4400 knot-ft).
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46  43  39  38  39  41  43  46  49
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   3   3   3   3   3   3
Temp............70  67  65  64  64  63  62  63  62
RH..............71  73  83  86  83  85  89  81  83
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE  NE  N   N   NW  N   N
20 FT wind spd..15  13  10  9   9   9   9   10  10
20 FT wind gust.                            16  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.13  14  15  15  13  10  9   9   10
Haines index....4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/100010  16  22  23  19  12  8   6   5

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................2 until 1200, then 4.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming north 5
                    to 14 mph early in the morning shifting to the
                    northeast around 15 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (94100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to good (99300 knot-ft)
                    early in the morning increasing to very good
                    (118200 knot-ft) in the afternoon in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53  44  36  27  29  30  32  39  45  52  50  47
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4
Temp............62  66  69  71  74  76  77  79  80  80  82  80
RH..............86  75  66  58  51  46  43  39  37  37  34  37
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   6   7   8   10  14  14  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.8   7   9   13  15  18  20  21  21  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.1 1.9 3.1 4.9 7.0 8.6 9.4 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  13  14  15  15  14  13  12  12  12
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
SDspl kt-ft/10007   13  24  37  63  94  113 118 113 105 104 102

$$
Forecaster...Cox
Requested by...Nathan Flowers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418495.2/CYS
.DELDT 07/19/24
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