238  
FNUS75 KCYS 100549  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LYMAN GRASS FIRE...SCOTTSBLUFF COUNTY EM  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
1049 PM MST MON FEB 9 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
WINDS ARE GOING TO BE PRIMARILY NORTH TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AROUND 5AM THE WINDS  
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND THEN TO THE SOUTH BY 9AM. A MID LEVEL NOCTURNAL INVERSION SHOULD SET IN  
AROUND 2AM CUTTING OFF THE ELEVATED WINDS GUSTS AND DROPPING WINDS TO 15MPH OR LESS. THIS INVERSION MAY LIMIT SMOKE  
DISPERSAL BUT SHOULD IMPROVE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH. THE CURRENT PROBABILITY OF ANY  
PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS AROUND 15 PERCENT DUE TO THE DRY LAYER NEAR THE SURFACE.  
   
REST OF TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
LAL.................  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.  
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800 KNOT-FT).  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MST) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........70 65 61 57 52 48 44  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
LAL.............M M M M M M M  
TEMP............38 37 35 33 32 31 30  
RH..............64 67 69 75 75 78 78  
20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW NW NW W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 6 5 3 2 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.16 13 10 8 7 6 5  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NW N NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 12 10 8 7 7  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/100028 21 12 8 4 3 3  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................4 PERCENT.  
LAL.................  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO  
8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON,  
THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1900 KNOT-FT).  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........45 59 67 61 58 58 58 65 76 91 76 72  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... SW RS RS RS RS RS RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
LAL.............M M M M M M M M M M M M  
TEMP............29 29 32 36 39 42 45 46 47 48 47 46  
RH..............81 78 75 67 59 51 47 43 40 37 38 40  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SE E E SE SE SE E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.5 3.9 3.4 2.5 1.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W SW S S S S S S S SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 8 8 10 14  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 2 2 4 8 8 11 17 27 24 22 14  
   
TUESDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.  
CWR.................4 PERCENT.  
LAL.................  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.  
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4200 KNOT-FT).  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........80 82 61 59 64 64 67 70 73 68 62 57  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RS RS RS SW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
LAL.............M M M M M M M M M M M M  
TEMP............43 40 38 37 37 36 35 33 32 32 31 31  
RH..............47 52 57 59 59 61 64 66 69 69 69 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 10 9 9 8  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 9 8 9 9 10 11 10 9 8 6 4  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................6 PERCENT.  
LAL.................  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 13 TO 15  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (44100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........57 58 58 57 56 57 63 70 76 77 77 75  
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10  
LAL.............M M M M M M M M M M M M  
TEMP............32 33 34 40 46 52 54 57 59 58 58 57  
RH..............66 63 64 52 45 38 36 34 33 36 36 38  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 14 15 15 16 16 15 14 12 10 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.0 3.6 2.7 1.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S SW W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 10 13 15 15 14 13 14 15 15  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 5 6 6 9 16 29 40 44 43 35 23  
 
 
FORECASTER...MCLAUGHLIN  
REQUESTED BY...MICAH GOMES  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2602275.0/CYS  
.DELDT 02/09/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MICAH.GOMES@SCOTTSBLUFFCOUNTY.GOV  
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