000 FNUS55 KCYS 142022 FWFCYS FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 215 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2002 ...CONTINUED DRY...A BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION BY SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY... .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND PORTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVER THE WEEKEND. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. HOWEVER...AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THE HAINES INDICES THIS MORNING WERE: 3 AT RAWLINS 3 AT CHEYENNE 3 AT SCOTTSBLUFF --------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 AND 291...SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL INCLUDING...PLATTE...GOSHEN...LARAMIE...CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE LARAMIE RANGE UNTIL 9PM. MIN TEMP...43 TO 48. MAX HUMIDITY...65 TO 70 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH AND LOCALLY DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 15MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...NONE. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET BY 10PM. TRANSPORT WIND...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...BECOMING POOR BY 10PM. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMP...72 TO 78. MIN HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...INCREASING TO 9000 FEET BY NOON. TRANSPORT WIND...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...FAIR AFTER 10AM. ***************************************************************** FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 AND 293 SOUTH CENTRAL INCLUDING...ALBANY...SOUTH AND NORTHWEST CARBON COUNTIES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER...MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMP...42 TO 47. MAX HUMIDITY...60 TO 72 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...LIGHT AND VARIABLE...LOCALLY DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 15 MPH. LAL...1. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...NONE. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WIND...SOUTHWEST TURNING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL...BECOMING POOR AFTER 10 PM. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMP...70 TO 75. MIN HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...WEST OR NORTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...INCREASING TO 11000 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...GOOD. ***************************************************************** FIRE WEATHER ZONES 294...295...296...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING...MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...SIERRA MADRE...LARAMIE RANGE AND SNOWY RANGE .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 10PM. MIN TEMP...35 TO 43. MAX HUMIDITY...70 TO 80 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 10 MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WIND...SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER 2AM. SMOKE DISPERSAL...BECOMING POOR AFTER 10PM. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMP...65 TO 73. MIN HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...INCREASING TO 8000 TO 10000 FEET BY 10AM. TRANSPORT WIND...NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...GOOD. ***************************************************************** FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...INCLUDING NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST AND THE SCOTTS BLUFF NATIONAL MONUMENT .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER...MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMP...45 TO 50. MAX HUMIDITY...70 TO 80 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...EAST NEAR 5 MPH. LAL...1. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...NONE. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WIND...SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...BECOMING POOR BY 10PM. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER...PARTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMP...75 TO 80. MIN HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT. WIND 20 FOOT...EAST NEAR 10 MPH. LAL...2. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>.10)...20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL)...INCREASING TO 9000 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL...GOOD. ***************************************************************** .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SUNDAY. LOWS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S...NEAR 40 MOUNTAINS. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO MID 80S...SOME 60S MOUNTAINS. WTP