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Spot Forecast for Kinky Creek Fire...Bridger-Teton National Forest
National Weather Service Riverton WY
521 AM MDT Fri Jul 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service

.DISCUSSION...

Isolated showers and thunderstorms will start to develop around
1200 today, then will drift to the northeast. Initial activity
will start along the highest ridges. Additional rainfall
accumulations are expected to remain light. Outside any
thunderstorms, wind gusts will remain mainly 10 mph or less, but a
few gusts approaching 20 mph are possible in the afternoon.
Humidity falls to around 30 percent for most of the afternoon.

Saturday will be similar to Friday, except shower and thunderstorm
activity will be more numerous. Increased moisture will keep
humidity levels above 40 percent. Winds will again gust near 20
mph, with more frequent gusts expected.

...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Patchy smoke in the
                    morning and early afternoon. Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...29 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusts up to 20 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest around 10 mph until 0700, then light
                    until 1000, then west around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1000. 9000 ft AGL after 1300.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900. Increasing to very good in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   5   5   10  15  25  30  35  45
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY ISO ISO ISO SCT ISO ISO
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        ISO ISO ISO SCT ISO ISO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  20  20  30  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  30  30  30  20
Temp............48  50  57  65  68  72  75  76  76  77  75  72
RH..............86  80  71  54  47  41  36  33  31  31  32  35
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   3   4   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   8   11  13  14  14  16  16  14
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..10  5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 4.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.0 7.5 7.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   7   7   9   13  14  15  16  16  16  15  13
SDspl kt-ft/10005   3   4   16  48  77  100 119 127 128 99  84

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusts up to 18 mph in the evening.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......South around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL until 1900. 500 ft AGL after 2000.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph until 2100, then south 8
                    to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 2000.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........50  30  20  15  40  30  25  35  40  30  45  55
Weather cov.....ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........ISO ISO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).20  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  72  67  63  61  58  57  57  56  54  54  53
RH..............39  38  46  53  57  60  61  59  61  63  64  64
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.14  12  10  10  8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 5.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.14  10  9   9   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
SDspl kt-ft/100089  45  7   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Scattered showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 24 percent in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of thunder...41 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusts up to 21 mph in the late
                    morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South 10 to 15 mph until 1700, then southwest.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL until 0900, then 8000 ft
                    AGL until 1500, then 5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900. Good early in the morning
                    increasing to very good in the afternoon after
                    1100.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  75  65  60  40  45  40  40  35  35  35  45
Weather cov.....                        ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   20  20  20  20  20  20
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   10  10  20  30  40  30  30  20
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   40  40  40  40  40  40
Temp............51  53  58  63  68  72  72  72  73  71  70  69
RH..............64  64  58  50  46  42  42  43  42  44  46  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..4   4   3   4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   10  11  14  16  17  16  17  16  16
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Ridge wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 4.5 6.5 8.0 7.5 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.0
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   12  13  15  16  16  15  15  15  15
SDspl kt-ft/10004   5   12  23  47  81  115 103 84  72  70  67

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms. Lows
around 50. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
50. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...Straub
Requested by...Taylor Duncan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618071.0/RIW
.DELDT 07/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Taylormduncan2019@gmail.com.,taylormduncan2019@gmail.com