Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
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Spot Forecast for COW CAMP...UNITED STATES WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE
National Weather Service Riverton WY
405 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MDT on September 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service
.DISCUSSION...
Dry and seasonable conditions are expected to prevail through
Tuesday. High temperatures look to get into the mid to upper 60s
with min relative humidity values sitting around 15 percent. Winds
will be light through the early morning hours at 5 to 10 mph from
the northeast. Winds shift to a more southernly direction by around
0600-0900 MDT with speeds still around 5 to 10 mph. Speeds increase
to 10 to 15 mph by around 1000 MDT, prevailing from the west.
Periodic gusts of 20 to 25 mph will be likely through the evening
before winds weaken around sunset. Precipitation is not forecast to
occur with chances near if not zero. Skies should be mostly to
partly clear through much of the day. Similar conditions are
expected to occur Wednesday with dry and breezy conditions
persisting.
...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 23 mph with gusts to around
35 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West around 35 mph.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 33 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
TIME (MDT) 5PM
Sky (%).........5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Chc of pcpn (%).0
Chc of thdr (%).0
Temp............68
RH..............18
20 FT wind dir..W
20 FT wind spd..23
20 FT wind gust.35
Ridge wind dir..W
Ridge wind spd..35
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0
Transp wind dir.W
Transp wind spd.33
SDspl kt-ft/1000258
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 17 to 21 mph with gusts to around 32
mph until 2100, then northwest 7 to 11 mph with
gusts to around 17 mph until 0100, then light.
Ridgetop wind.......West 25 to 30 mph until 2100, then northwest 15
to 20 mph until 0100, then north 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL until 1900. 500 ft AGL after 2000.
Transport winds.....West 25 to 31 mph until 2100, then northwest 9
to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900. Poor after 2400.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............66 63 59 58 56 54 52 51 50 49 48 47
RH..............18 17 18 18 21 23 25 27 28 29 29 30
20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW NW N N NW N N NE
20 FT wind spd..21 20 17 11 8 8 7 6 4 6 6 5
20 FT wind gust.32 30 25 17 13 13 10 7 6 7 10 7
Ridge wind dir..W W W NW NW NW N N NW N N NE
Ridge wind spd..30 30 25 20 15 15 15 10 10 10 15 10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 3.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW N
Transp wind spd.31 30 25 18 15 15 14 12 9 12 13 10
SDspl kt-ft/1000197 92 17 10 7 7 7 5 4 5 6 5
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 1100, then west 7 to 11 mph
with gusts to around 18 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast around 10 mph until 0700, then south
until 0900, then west until 1400, then 15 to 20
mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL until 1000. 7500 ft AGL after 1400.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph until 0900. West 20 to
21 mph after 1500.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900. Very good after 1500.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 15 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............47 46 49 52 55 57 60 61 65 65 65 66
RH..............31 31 28 25 23 21 19 18 16 15 15 15
20 FT wind dir..NE S SW W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 11 10 10
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 7 10 12 14 17 18 18 18 18
Ridge wind dir..NE S SW W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.0 7.5 7.5
Transp wind dir.N NW W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 10 14 15 17 17 18 20 21 21
SDspl kt-ft/10004 4 4 15 32 46 67 82 101 120 138 139
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Light
winds.
.THURSDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds
around 7 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs around 70. West winds
around 11 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Dziewaltowski
Requested by...Shelby Bell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621182.7/RIW
.DELDT 09/07/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kaden_mcelhinny@hotmail.com,wycdc@firenet.gov