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FNUS75 KCYS 141208
FWSCYS
SPOT FORECAST FOR ASH CREEK...GREAT PLAINS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
608 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. SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL FLIP TO WESTERLY
BY 8 AM THIS MORNING WITH WEST-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED BY 11 AM.
WEST WINDS AFTER 8 AM WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE
DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY 6 PM THIS EVENING. GUSTS THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE TO BELOW 15 MPH. WINDS WILL TURN
NORTHWESTERLY AFTER 6 PM AND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH TO
5 MPH BY 11 PM. AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW TODAY, AROUND
10 PERCENT. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING BEFORE STARTING TO IMPROVE AFTER 9 PM. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR, WITH HUMIDITIES MAXING OUT AROUND 35 PERCENT
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SKIES WILL CLEAR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, WITH
LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY OR FRIDAY. ANOTHER DRY AND
BREEZY DAY IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY, WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES
DROPPING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN. WINDS WILL ONLY BE MARGINALLY
LIGHTER, AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11700 FT AGL LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO VERY GOOD (104500 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (288500
KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........26 36 35 29 40 26 32 12 16 10 8 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............67 65 68 70 74 75 75 76 79 80 80 81
RH..............33 34 31 28 23 21 19 17 14 13 11 10
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W NW NW NW W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 17 18 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 16
20 FT WIND GUST.26 30 33 35 33 30 28 26 26 28 29 29
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.7 2.0 2.4 3.5 4.6 5.5 6.9 8.5 9.9 12 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 28 26 23 23 22 22 24 26 29 29
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 12 47 56 70 91 105 130 179 229 289 294
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING
LIGHT OVERNIGHT BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 26 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 16
MPH IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH OVERNIGHT
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 7 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (217800 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
(2600 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........17 22 12 9 6 4 3 4 5 4 4 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............79 77 71 63 59 56 54 52 51 49 49 48
RH..............10 10 13 18 22 25 28 31 32 34 34 35
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..15 13 9 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5
20 FT WIND GUST.28 23 17 12 10 9 9 8 7 7 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...9.5 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W NW NW N N N N W SW SW N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.26 16 12 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDSPL KT-FT/1000218 15 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 15900 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 8
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
WEST 12 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO FAIR (56400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (366500
KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 7 3 1 2 3 2 4 9 11 21 23
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............48 51 56 63 70 73 74 77 79 80 81 80
RH..............35 33 29 23 18 16 15 13 11 11 10 11
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.9 10 12 13 15 17 18 21 22 23 24 24
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.4 2.6 5.1 7.4 9.7 12 13 13 16 15
TRANSP WIND DIR.W E E W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 12 13 20 21 25 28 26 30 29
HAINES INDEX....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDSPL KT-FT/10003 4 10 26 56 126 174 269 321 296 413 367
FORECASTER...MOSE
REQUESTED BY...DALE RUHOFF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/14/26
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