528  
FNUS75 KCYS 022104  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR POLE MOUNTAIN PILES RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
204 PM MST MON MAR 2 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST THIS  
WEEK WITH ALMOST DAILY PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THE FIRST WAVE WILL BE  
PUSHING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES OCCURRING  
AROUND 5AM TUESDAY NEAR THE CURT GOWDY AREA. THERE MAY BE SOME WEAK  
SHOWERS PASSING OVER TONIGHT BUT THERES A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY IF RAIN  
WILL REACH THE GROUND. THERE'S MORE CONFIDENCE WITH THAT 5AM WAVE.  
THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN BUT SHOULD QUICKLY SWITCH OVER TO  
SNOW. THERE LOOKS TO BE A SHORT 24 HOUR BREAK WEDNESDAY BETWEEN SYSTEMS  
WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE CURT GOWDY/SUMMIT AREA LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING AND GO INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE ABOUT 1-2  
INCHES BUT THERE IS ALSO A NARROW BAND OF POSSIBLE 2-4 INCHES IN BETWEEN  
LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE THAT COULD ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE CURT GOWDY AREA.  
WINDS ARE GOING TO BE RATHER THIS WEEK WITH THE TRAIN OF SYSTEMS PASSING  
THROUGH OUR AREA THIS WEEK. POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS WITH WESTERLY FLOW SUNDAY  
INTO MONDAY.  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SNOW SHOWERS IN THE  
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN SNOW SHOWERS  
LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................81 PERCENT DECREASING TO 7 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.  
MIN HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2300 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........89 94 94 94 97 96 96 95 95 96 95 93  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............80 80 80 80 80 40 40 40 40 40 40 10  
TEMP............32 32 31 33 32 31 31 30 31 31 31 31  
RH..............89 92 100 89 89 92 92 96 88 85 85 85  
20 FT WIND DIR..E NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N N N  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 10 9 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 21 22 23 23 22 22 21 20 17 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.3  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE N NE NE NE N N NE NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 15 15 16 16 15 15 16 15 13 10  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 11 12 17 20 15 15 14 10 6 2  
   
TUESDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................7 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23.  
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8  
TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........84 59 52 51 39 26 23 19 16 15 13 12  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............30 28 27 27 26 25 25 24 24 24 25 25  
RH..............85 88 88 85 86 88 88 88 88 85 83 81  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W SW SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 13 14 16  
SDSPL KT-FT/10000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.  
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 21 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........13 14 15 12 8 5 5 5 5 5 6 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............26 28 29 32 36 39 41 43 45 44 44 43  
RH..............77 74 72 65 59 52 47 42 38 39 40 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 12 12 13 15 14 14 13 13 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.17 20 21 22 23 26 25 24 23 23 22 22  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 18 18 18 18 18 20 21 21 20 18 16  
SDSPL KT-FT/10000 0 0 2 6 10 15 21 23 18 12 6  
 
 
FORECASTER...MCLAUGHLIN  
REQUESTED BY...MARCUS VIGIL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2604503.0/CYS  
.DELDT 03/02/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MARCUS.VIGIL@USDA.GOV  
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