Fri May 17 09:09:10 EDT 2024

Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin-
708 AM MDT Fri May 17 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and 
                    thunderstorms after 1500. Some thunderstorms 
                    may produce gusty winds after 1500. 
Max temperature.....85-90. 
   24 hr trend......10 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........13 percent. 
   24 hr trend......7 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......West 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. 
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....West 20 to 25 mph. 
Mixing height.......4500-6500 ft AGL increasing to 12700-14700 ft 
                    AGL in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (101300 knot-ft) increasing to 
                    excellent (326700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and 
                    thunderstorms until 2100. Some thunderstorms 
                    may produce gusty winds until 2100. 
Min temperature.....42-47. 
   24 hr trend......4 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........64-70 percent. 
   24 hr trend......3 percent wetter. 
Humidity recovery...Fair. 
20-foot winds.......Northwest 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph 
                    decreasing to 20 mph after midnight. 
LAL.................3 until 2100, then 1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 25 mph. 
Mixing height.......6800-8800 ft AGL decreasing to 300-2300 ft AGL 
                    after midnight. 
Smoke dispersal.....Very good (146900 knot-ft) decreasing to poor 
                    (18800 knot-ft) after midnight. 
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated 
                    fire growth. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 
Max temperature.....75-80. 
   24 hr trend......9 degrees cooler. 
Min humidity........11-17 percent. 
   24 hr trend......3 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......West around 10 mph and gusty. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph shifting to the 
                    southwest in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......2500-4500 ft AGL increasing to 6600-8600 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (44300 knot-ft) increasing to very good 
                    (101000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated 
                    fire growth. 

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph. 
.MONDAY...Cooler. Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid
60s. Northwest winds around 10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Warmer. Partly cloudy with chance of showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the lower 70s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.