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Wyoming Fire Weather Zone 290

.DISCUSSION...FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE DISTRICT
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  THE REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN THE
STORM TRACK TO OUR SOUTH AND ANOTHER AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PLAINS
AAND GREAT LAKES.  AFTER A WARMING DAY TODAY...TEMPERATURES WILL
GENERALLY BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.  THE SNOWY RANGE WILL SEE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
WITH THE REST OF THE DISTRICT STAYING DRY.  WESTERLY SURFACE
WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH AT TIMES ALONG AND WEST OF
THE LARAMIE RANGE.

SOUTHEAST WYOMING PLAINS INCLUDING PINE BLUFFS/CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS/
PLATTE COUNTY/GOSHEN COUNTY-
321 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-33.
   24 HR TREND......15 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-51 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......7 PERCENT DRIER.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3100 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (14000-21000 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....7-15.
   24 HR TREND......23 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-79 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......36 PERCENT DRIER.
HUMIDITY RECOVERY...EXCELLENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2200-10700 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-40.
   24 HR TREND......8 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-48 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......5 PERCENT DRIER.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-3100 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (16200-29500 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS AROUND 40. WEST
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 16. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.PRESIDENTS DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 40S.