465  
FNUS75 KCYS 031458  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT PILE RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
758 AM MST MON FEB 3 2025  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO DIG TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS  
SOUTHEAST WYOMING, LEADING TO COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WINDS  
SWITCHING TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. WITH THE FRONT  
PUSHING INTO THE ZONE, SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE POOR WITH A LOW  
LEVEL INVERSION SETTING UP.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.  
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 14 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 38  
MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHEAST AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12  
TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING  
TO THE SOUTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7500 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........63 60 57 53 50 47 44 40 37 34  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............21 23 26 28 31 33 36 38 41 41  
RH..............85 78 72 67 62 57 53 49 46 43  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W SW SW S S SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..23 20 16 15 14 13 13 13 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.38 33 26 24 23 21 21 21 23 23  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W SW SW S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 21 17 14 13 12 12 12 12 13  
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 16 17  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.  
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH  
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 37 MPH EARLY IN THE  
MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6200 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........53 51 55 58 59 47 55 55 42 53 60 54  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............39 39 35 33 31 30 29 30 31 33 31 36  
RH..............44 44 56 58 61 60 66 63 61 58 66 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 20 20 21 22  
20 FT WIND GUST.24 24 26 28 30 30 31 31 33 33 35 37  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 17 20 18 18 20 20 21 21 22 23 23  
SDSPL KT-FT/100017 14 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 8  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.  
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 38 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15  
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (62400 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........61 62 83 65 61 56 59 61 64 63 61 60  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 40 44 47 50 53 54 54 55 53 51 49  
RH..............54 50 47 42 38 35 35 34 34 36 38 40  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..22 23 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 18 17 17  
20 FT WIND GUST.37 38 38 37 37 35 35 35 33 31 30 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 23 24 24 24 26 30 31 28 22 15  
SDSPL KT-FT/10009 9 16 30 37 40 50 61 62 46 24 7  
 
 
 
REQUESTED BY...BLAKE COBB  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2502096.0/CYS  
.DELDT 02/03/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL BLAKE.COBB@USDA.GOV  
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