Fri May  3 05:39:22 EDT 2024

North Snowy Range Foothills-
339 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow showers until 1200. Showers 
                    likely. Snow showers likely and slight chance 
                    of thunderstorms after 1200. Snow accumulation 
                    up to 1 inch. 
Max temperature.....41-46. 
   24 hr trend......4 degrees cooler. 
Min humidity........47-53 percent. 
   24 hr trend......34 percent wetter. 
20-foot winds.......Southwest around 10 mph with higher gusts 
                    increasing to west around 20 mph with gusts to 
                    around 35 mph in the afternoon. 
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2. 
Chc of wetting rain.60 percent. 
Transport winds.....West 25 to 30 mph. 
Mixing height.......3300-5300 ft AGL. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good to very good (83000-116800 knot-ft). 
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy until 2400, then mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....24-29. 
   24 hr trend......5 degrees cooler. 
Max humidity........73-79 percent. 
   24 hr trend......2 percent wetter. 
Humidity recovery...Good. 
20-foot winds.......West around 10 mph and gusty shifting to the 
                    southeast after midnight. 
LAL.................2 until 2100, then 1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph becoming southwest around 5 
                    mph after midnight. 
Mixing height.......2700-4700 ft AGL decreasing to 800-2500 ft AGL 
                    after midnight. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to fair (5800-43600 knot-ft). 
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 
Max temperature.....56-61. 
   24 hr trend......16 degrees warmer. 
Min humidity........23-29 percent. 
   24 hr trend......24 percent drier. 
20-foot winds.......Southeast 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph 
                    decreasing to 15 mph in the afternoon. 
LAL.................1. 
Chc of wetting rain.Zero percent. 
Transport winds.....South around 10 mph. 
Mixing height.......1700-3700 ft AGL increasing to 5200-7200 ft AGL 
                    in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor to good (22500-68300 knot-ft). 
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds around 15 mph. 
.MONDAY...Much colder. Breezy. Snow showers with possible showers
and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the
lower 40s. Southwest winds around 25 mph. 
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Partly cloudy with chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around
25 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with chance of snow showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Highs in the lower 40s. 
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers, showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in
the mid 40s.