Fri May  3 05:39:22 EDT 2024

Southwest Carbon County-
339 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely until 1200. 
                    Showers likely. Chance of snow showers and 
                    slight chance of thunderstorms after 1200. Snow 
                    accumulation up to 1 inch. 
Max temperature.....46-51. 
   24 hr trend......Unchanged. 
Min humidity........36-42 percent. 
   24 hr trend......16 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest around 10 mph with higher gusts. 
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2. 
Chc of wetting rain.40 percent. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph. 
Mixing height.......1400-3400 ft AGL increasing to 5500-7500 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (36000 knot-ft) increasing to very good 
                    (109100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy until 2400, then clear. 
Min temperature.....24-29. 
   24 hr trend......5 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........77-83 percent. 
   24 hr trend......7 percent wetter. 
Humidity recovery...Good. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest around 5 mph shifting to the east 
                    after midnight. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the 
                    southeast after midnight. 
Mixing height.......3600-5600 ft AGL decreasing to 500-1100 ft AGL 
                    after midnight. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4200-39300 knot-ft). 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....61-67. 
   24 hr trend......16 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........20-26 percent. 
   24 hr trend......16 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......East around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in 
                    the afternoon. Gusts up to 20 mph. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph increasing to southwest 
                    around 15 mph in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......1900-3900 ft AGL increasing to 7000-9000 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (15200 knot-ft) increasing to good (97500 
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon. 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows around
40. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Cooler, breezy. Showers, snow showers likely and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Lows around 30. Highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds around 25 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of snow showers, slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs
in the upper 40s. West winds around 20 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with slight chance of snow showers.
Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 40s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of showers, snow showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs
in the lower 50s.