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Wyoming Fire Weather Zone 292

.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.

SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING INCLUDING THE LARAMIE VALLEY-
321 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-27.
   24 HR TREND......7 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-50 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......8 PERCENT DRIER.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2100 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8100-20200 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....3-8.
   24 HR TREND......18 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-89 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......UNCHANGED.
HUMIDITY RECOVERY...EXCELLENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100-13200 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
   24 HR TREND......3 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-53 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......4 PERCENT WETTER.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST AROUND 10 MPH AND GUSTY.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2100 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12500-24200 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 13. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 15.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND
14. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.PRESIDENTS DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE MID
30S.