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Wyoming Fire Weather Zone 293

.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.

NORTH AND SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
321 AM MST TUE FEB 9 2010

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0800...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY
                    UNTIL 1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-27.
   24 HR TREND......5 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-54 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......UNCHANGED.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2600 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (14200-32900 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....7-12.
   24 HR TREND......17 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-86 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......17 PERCENT DRIER.
HUMIDITY RECOVERY...EXCELLENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800-16700 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31.
   24 HR TREND......5 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-58 PERCENT.
   24 HR TREND......5 PERCENT WETTER.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LAL.................1.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.ZERO PERCENT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2400 FT AGL.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (14400-31100 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND
18. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND
17. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.
.PRESIDENTS DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE MID
30S.