400  
FNUS75 KCYS 091139  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MOONSHINE...CASPER DISPATXH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
539 AM MDT WED SEP 9 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT  
THURSDAY...  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES, GUSTY WINDS, AND POOR OVERNIGHT  
RECOVERIES. FOR TODAY, HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE  
DIGITS, WITH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH. TOMORROW HUMIDITY  
VALUES NEAR AS LOW AS 5%, WITH EVEN STRONGER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF  
30-35 MPH. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY MAY NOT EVEN REACH 25%.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.  
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 12 MPH LATE IN  
THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 16 MPH  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......8700 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (89400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (120200  
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO  
EXCELLENT (166100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON  
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........13 18 11 7 4 5 8 12 24 28 22 12  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............49 48 52 55 62 66 70 74 76 78 76 76  
RH..............48 49 44 41 31 25 19 15 11 10 10 9  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW S S SW W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 12 15 16 15  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 8 9 13 17 23 28 29 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.8 3.0 4.3 5.4 6.4 7.5 8.2 8.7 8.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W NW W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 6 7 7 10 13 16 18 22 22 22  
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 3 3 11 18 39 59 89 120 155 166 164  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.  
MAX HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 18 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL..... VERY GOOD (114100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE  
EVENING DECREASING TO POOR (22300 KNOT-FT) LATE  
IN THE NIGHT DECREASING TO POOR (5000 KNOT-FT)  
EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........12 9 12 8 6 10 9 14 17 16 22 17  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............76 72 66 63 61 59 58 57 56 56 55 54  
RH..............9 12 16 18 19 21 20 21 20 21 22 22  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 12 10 9 9 12 12 13 13 14 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.26 23 20 17 18 20 23 24 25 26 26 26  
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.1 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 15 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 18  
SDSPL KT-FT/1000114 22 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.  
MIN HUMIDITY........7 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 37 MPH  
INCREASING TO 40 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 31 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (94400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (112600  
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO  
EXCELLENT (185700 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........15 29 18 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 8 7  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............54 53 56 60 66 72 77 79 80 81 81 81  
RH..............22 23 21 19 15 12 9 8 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 17 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21  
20 FT WIND GUST.28 30 32 35 37 38 40 40 40 40 40 40  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.5 3.6 4.7 5.8 6.5 7.2 7.1 7.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 21 22 28 31 30 28 29 29 28 29 29  
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 9 17 35 67 94 113 145 164 174 177 186  
 

 
FORECASTER...GOATLEY  
REQUESTED BY...MOLLY WARTENBEE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621451.1/CYS  
.DELDT 09/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JBALDWIN@BLM.GOV,WYCPC@FIRENET.GOV  
 
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