625  
FNUS75 KCYS 141126  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR HENRY RD FIRE...REGION 22 EMA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
526 AM MDT THU MAY 14 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN  
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH  
THE EVENING HOURS. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AND REMAIN AT THIS  
STRENGTH UNTIL AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH  
AND SHIFT NORTHWESTERLY BY 7 PM THIS EVENING. GUSTS OVERNIGHT WILL  
DECREASE TO LESS THAN 15 MPH. AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL DROP  
TO THE 8 TO 10 PERCENT RANGE AND REMAIN THIS LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  
HUMIDITY SLOWLY IMPROVES AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL  
BE QUITE POOR, LIKELY ONLY IMPROVING TO AROUND 40 PERCENT. LITTLE TO NO  
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. EXPECT CLEARING SKIES  
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, WITH CLEAR SKIES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE  
EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL MAX OUT AROUND 85F.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.  
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 14 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 38 MPH IN  
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......10300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12500 FT AGL LATE IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 26 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (86200 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (225600  
KNOT-FT).  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........57 32 51 34 49 47 15 14 6 6 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............61 65 70 76 78 77 80 81 82 83 82  
RH..............38 33 25 18 15 14 11 10 10 8 8  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 17 20 21 20 18 17 16 15 15 16  
20 FT WIND GUST.26 32 37 38 36 35 32 30 28 29 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 2.3 2.6 3.9 5.5 7.4 8.8 10 12 13 12  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 26 25 25 24 24 25 25 26 26 26  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/100011 53 58 86 116 156 194 226 268 286 283  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.  
MAX HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL EARLY IN  
THE EVENING.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 21 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH 9 TO 13 MPH  
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 5 TO 8  
MPH OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND  
8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (266000 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO GOOD  
(72300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING  
TO POOR (1600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE NIGHT.  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........8 11 9 10 7 6 5 5 6 3 4 3  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............81 79 71 64 60 56 53 51 49 47 46 45  
RH..............9 9 12 16 18 20 23 26 30 35 37 38  
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W  
20 FT WIND SPD..15 12 8 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.28 22 16 10 8 7 8 7 7 7 6 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...12 4.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW NW NW N N NE N N N NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 21 13 13 13 10 9 8 7 5 7 8  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/1000266 72 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 3  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 16 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......10200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 16800 FT AGL IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 29 TO  
38 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (102500 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (175700  
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING  
TO EXCELLENT (298500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (448700  
KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO  
EXCELLENT (343200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO  
EXCELLENT (508000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........3 7 4 3 1 3 4 6 14 17 22 27  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............44 49 56 63 73 77 77 81 82 83 84 84  
RH..............40 34 26 21 14 12 11 9 9 9 9 9  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 7 7 8 8 9 12 13 15 16 16  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 12 14 15 16 17 21 24 26 29 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.1 2.8 5.4 8.0 10 13 16 14 17 15  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 17 22 25 28 26 33 29 38 38  
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 7 14 42 103 176 246 299 449 343 555 508  
 

 
FORECASTER...MOSE  
REQUESTED BY...ROB CROWDER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2613623.1/CYS  
.DELDT 05/14/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ROBERT.CROWDER@SCOTTSBLUFFCOUNTYNE.GOV  
 
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