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FWSCYS
SPOT FORECAST FOR POLE MOUNTAIN HANDPILE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1012 AM MST TUE FEB 17 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT (307) 772-2227
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
EXPECTING CHANCES OF SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW, WITH
ANOTHER ROUND OF LIKELY SNOW BY TOMORROW EVENING. OVERALL
EXPECTING AROUND 1-3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT THE SITE, BUT LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS COULD BE POSSIBLE AND CANNOT RULE OUT AMOUNTS
NEARING 4-5 INCHES BY TOMORROW EVENING. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY AND
STRONG, GENERALLY FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST, GUSTING AT AROUND
50-60 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE LESSENING INTO THE NIGHTTIME.
WINDS REMAIN BREEZY THOUGH, AND THE SITE SHOULD STILL SEE GUSTS
20-30 MPH THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT INCREASING TO 34 PERCENT LATE IN THE
MORNING, THEN DECREASING TO 4 PERCENT LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 28 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 53 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 43 TO 52 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 36 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (192500 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO GOOD
(91100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO VERY GOOD (134900 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........40 38 45 35 46 44 69 35
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............20 30 30 30 30 30 30 0
TEMP............35 35 37 35 35 33 30 29
RH..............43 38 35 40 38 43 50 53
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..28 30 30 30 28 28 29 28
20 FT WIND GUST.51 52 53 52 51 51 51 49
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.7 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.1 4.7 3.6 2.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.47 45 49 52 49 47 43 36
SDSPL KT-FT/1000193 235 289 286 261 193 135 91
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 17 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 46 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
16 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24 TO 33 MPH DECREASING TO 22 TO 23 MPH
LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........59 33 35 30 32 52 33 35 44 29 24 41
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............27 26 26 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23
RH..............55 56 51 54 54 57 60 63 65 65 65 66
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..26 24 22 21 20 17 17 17 17 16 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.46 43 39 37 35 31 31 30 30 30 29 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W SW SW W
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 31 28 26 24 22 23 22 22 22 22 22
SDSPL KT-FT/100040 14 13 13 6 3 6 8 8 8 7 6
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT INCREASING TO 21 PERCENT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO 29 TO 38
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON,
THEN DECREASING TO 25 TO 26 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (81400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO FAIR (56000 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
(142300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO POOR
(35500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 26 51 23 27 62 47 48 70 58 53 80
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
TEMP............23 23 24 27 29 30 30 31 30 29 29 26
RH..............64 65 67 59 53 48 48 47 47 48 51 57
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
20 FT WIND SPD..16 16 17 17 18 20 17 16 15 15 14 12
20 FT WIND GUST.29 29 31 32 33 35 33 31 29 26 25 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 1.0 2.8 3.8 4.4 4.6 5.0 5.4 3.9 2.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 24 29 33 38 36 36 32 29 31 25 26
SDSPL KT-FT/10008 9 26 81 126 136 142 139 135 104 56 36
FORECASTER...GOATLEY
REQUESTED BY...PARKER.JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602920.0/CYS
.DELDT 02/17/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL PARKER.JOHNSON@USDA.GOV
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