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Spot Forecast for Little Crazy Woman...BLM
National Weather Service Riverton WY
859 AM MST Fri Feb 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MST on February 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service

.DISCUSSION...

Expect a northwest wind through the day with gusts of 15 to 20
mph. Relative humidity is already around or below 30 percent, and
will drop to around 20 percent between 1200 and 1400. Note that
there is a 40% chance of northwest winds increasing after 1600
with the potential for gusts to around 30 mph through 2000.
Otherwise, wind will be steady out of the northwest tonight with
gusts to around 15 mph. Humidity recovery will again be poor
tonight. Saturday will see winds out of the northeast gusting 10
to 15 mph with humidity values remaining above 30 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 10 mph with gusts of
15 to 20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5,500 ft AGL by 1400.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 21 mph until 1500, then 23 to 25
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor increasing to very good by 1400.

TIME (MST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  35  35  30  25  25  20  20  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  43  45  47  48  48  49  47  46
RH..............31  27  29  24  23  23  24  25  26
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   9   9   9   11  12  13
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  14  14  14  16  16  18
Ridge wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  W   W
Ridge wind spd..15  15  15  15  15  15  20  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.0 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  16  16  21  24  25  23
SDspl kt-ft/100019  27  33  54  67  102 111 95  70

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 9 mph with gusts to
around 15 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 23 mph until 2200. Northwest 14 to
                    17 mph after 0400.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair to poor in the evening becoming poor
after midnight.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10  20  30  25  25  25  20  20  20  15  15  15
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............43  40  39  39  39  38  38  38  38  38  37  36
RH..............31  33  34  35  36  35  36  38  39  38  38  39
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..13  12  11  8   9   9   9   9   8   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.19  18  17  12  14  14  13  13  12  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Ridge wind spd..15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.18  17  21  23  28  26  23  21  22  20  17  14
SDspl kt-ft/100042  21  22  39  47  49  38  29  26  21  19  14

.FORECAST DAYS 2 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds in the morning
4 to 8 mph becoming northeast 5 to 10 after 1200 with gusts to 15
mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs around 50. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...Myers
Requested by...Molly Wartenbee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604233.0/RIW
.DELDT 02/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wycpc@firenet.gov