266  
FNUS75 KCYS 231856  
FWSCYS  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR POLE MTN RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
1256 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ON MONDAY EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BE REMAINING IN THE REGION  
DURING THE MORNING HOURS, BUT BY THE AFTERNOON IT SHOULD BE  
EXITING WITH SKIES THEN CLEARING. THEN MONDAY EVENING THROUGH  
TUESDAY, PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD BE ZERO AS THE REGION CLEARS  
OUT FULLY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT MONDAY AND THEN BECOME A BIT MORE  
BREEZY FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS AROUND 20-25 MPH. SMOKE  
DISPERSAL WILL BE BEST TUESDAY UNDER THE RIDGE.  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN  
THE MORNING.  
CWR.................6 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND  
10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO FAIR (44100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........85 83 80 78 68 58 48 44 39 35 33 31  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............35 35 36 37 39 42 44 46 47 48 47 45  
RH..............92 92 85 82 73 62 55 51 49 47 51 60  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W S  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 10 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.0 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W NW NW W S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 10  
SDSPL KT-FT/100010 10 10 11 17 25 32 39 44 44 30 15  
   
MONDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.  
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST  
10 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4700 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........29 29 29 29 29 29 31 31 31 31 31 31  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............42 40 38 37 37 37 37 36 36 35 35 34  
RH..............70 76 82 85 82 82 79 79 79 78 75 72  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 9 8 8 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CWR.................1 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......7100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO GOOD (92700 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO FAIR (57900 KNOT-FT)  
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD  
(120300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........21 21 21 21 21 21 19 19 19 19 19 19  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............35 36 38 40 44 48 51 53 54 53 51 49  
RH..............66 64 59 52 41 31 26 24 24 27 32 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 15 17 18 21 22 22 22 20 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.1 3.2 4.4 5.8 6.9 7.1 5.7 3.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 20 20 18  
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 6 7 13 25 45 66 93 117 120 97 58  
 
 
FORECASTER...GOATLEY  
REQUESTED BY...COYDE FICKEL  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2624441.0/CYS  
.DELDT 10/23/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL COYDE.FICKEL@USDA.GOV  
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