Fri May 17 05:58:02 EDT 2024

South Bighorn Basin/Worland BLM-
Including the cities of Ten Sleep, Thermopolis, and Worland
357 AM MDT Fri May 17 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming partly cloudy. 
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms early in the 
                    afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. 
Max temperature.....66-71. 
   24 hr trend......3 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........17-23 percent. 
   24 hr trend......6 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Windy. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with higher 
                    gusts until 1200, then west 25 to 30 mph with 
                    gusts to around 45 mph. 
Ridge top winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph until 1200, then west 30 
                    to 35 mph. 
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph until 1200. West around 
                    40 mph after 1500. 
Mixing Height.......600-2000 ft agl until 1200, then 9400-10800 ft 
                    agl. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1200. Excellent after 1500. 
Haines Index........5. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....32-37. 
   24 hr trend......13 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........67-73 percent. 
   24 hr trend......Unchanged. 
Humidity recovery...Good. 
20-foot winds.......Breezy. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts 
                    to around 40 mph until 2400, then north around 
                    10 mph with gusts to around 15 mph until 0300, 
                    then downslope/downvalley 4-7 mph. 
Ridge top winds.....Northwest 25 to 30 mph until 2400, then north 
                    around 15 mph until 0300, then southeast. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....West around 35 mph until 2100, then northwest 
                    20 to 25 mph until 0300, then north around 10 
                    mph. 
Mixing Height.......8200-9000 ft agl until 2100, then 800-1600 ft 
                    agl. 
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 2100, then poor. 
Haines Index........4. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 
Max temperature.....60-65. 
   24 hr trend......6 degrees cooler. 
Min humidity........16-22 percent. 
   24 hr trend......1 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Upslope/upvalley 5-9 mph until 0900, then east 
                    around 10 mph until 1500, then southwest. Gusts 
                    up to 15 mph. 
Ridge top winds.....Southeast around 15 mph until 1500, then 
                    southwest. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph until 1500, then southwest. 
Mixing Height.......400-600 ft agl until 0900. 6600-7200 ft agl 
                    after 1500. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair until 1500, then good to very 
                    good. 
Haines Index........4. 


.Forecast days 3 through 7......
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Not as cool. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. 
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds around 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Cooler. Mostly cloudy with showers likely and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid
50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Winds generally less than 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
morning, then chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.