Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
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Spot Forecast for Burnt Creek...USFS BTF
National Weather Service Riverton WY
614 AM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service
.DISCUSSION...
Clear skies this morning with partly cloudy skies in the
afternoon. Conditions are expected to remain dry, with a 10%
chance for a shower or thunderstorm between 1400 and 1700. Mostly
clear skies, dry conditions and light winds (10 mph or less) will
then be in place tonight and Sunday.
...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...14 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 1200, then northwest 8 to 10
mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds until 0900, then northwest 10 to 15
mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1000. 8000 ft AGL after 1500.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 0800. Northwest around 17 mph
after 1500.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900 increasing to good by 1200. Very
good by 1500.
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 5 5 5 5 5 10 15 20 25 30
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............41 47 51 55 57 58 59 60 62 61 60
RH..............80 76 67 60 53 46 42 38 36 34 33
20 FT wind dir..S W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..1 2 3 5 6 8 9 9 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.5 7 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 12 12
Ridge wind dir..S W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 2.0 3.5 4.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.0 8.0
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.6 7 8 10 13 15 16 16 17 17 17
SDspl kt-ft/10003 4 13 30 51 80 96 107 123 124 120
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 9 mph until 2000, then
light.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 10 to 15 mph until 2300, then east
until 0400, then light until 0500, then east
around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL until 1900. 500 ft AGL after 2000.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 16 mph until 2300, then northeast 7
to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 2000.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30 25 20 15 10 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 (%).10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............60 57 53 50 49 47 45 44 44 43 42 42
RH..............35 40 47 53 57 60 62 62 62 61 61 62
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..9 7 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 3
20 FT wind gust.12 10 10 8 7 7 7 6 5 4
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E
Ridge wind spd..15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE E NE NE
Transp wind spd.16 14 13 10 10 12 12 10 9 8 7 8
SDspl kt-ft/100099 37 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast around 10 mph until 1000. Northwest
after 1200.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1000. 7500 ft AGL after 1500.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph until 0800, then southeast
until 0900, then northwest 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000. Good after 1400.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5 20 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 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............42 40 46 54 57 60 62 64 65 66 66 66
RH..............62 67 57 44 39 33 28 25 24 24 23 23
20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE S W W W NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.4 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 10 11 11 11
Ridge wind dir..E SE SE SE S W W W NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 3.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.0 7.5 7.0 7.0
Transp wind dir.NE E SE NW NW NW NW NW N N N N
Transp wind spd.8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12
SDspl kt-ft/10004 4 4 13 25 35 51 56 68 73 72 71
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.LABOR DAY...
Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs around 70. West-northwest
winds 7-14 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Northwest winds 8-15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Northwest winds 9-16 mph.
$$
Forecaster...LaVoie
Requested by...Mary Lee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520520.7/RIW
.DELDT 08/30/25
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.EMAIL wytdc@firenet.gov