Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
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FNUS75 KRIW 062307
FWSRIW
Spot Forecast for Bare Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Riverton WY
507 PM MDT Thu Aug 6 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service
.DISCUSSION...
It will remain hot, dry, and mostly clear through this weekend. No
chance of precipitation until Monday afternoon. RH recovery will
remain poor and temperatures will remain consistent through this
weekend. Wind will be consistent with light diurnally driven wind at
night and a west/northwest wind of 10-20 mph, with gusts of 20-30 mph
each afternoon through this weekend. Smoke dispersal will be excellent
each afternoon and poor each night. Smoke will continue to filter into
the area reducing visibility.
...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 1000, then west 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......South around 10 mph until 0900, then northwest
15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1000. 12000 ft AGL after
1300.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 15 mph until 1000, then 20 to 25
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900 increasing to Excellent after
1300.
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............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
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 57 63 70 74 77 79 80 80 80 81
RH..............32 32 26 21 18 16 15 14 14 14 14
20 FT wind dir..SW S N W W W W NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 8 11 10 11 12 12 12 11
20 FT wind gust.7 7 13 17 18 18 16 17 17 17 17
Ridge wind dir..SW S N W W W W NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..10 10 10 15 20 15 20 20 20 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 2.0 6.5 8.5 9.5 11 12 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 10 14 21 23 24 24 24 24 24 24
SDspl kt-ft/10006 5 24 114 165 200 224 240 246 244 248
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph until 2100, then
light. Gusts up to 21 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL until 1900. 500 ft AGL after 2100.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 23 mph until 2100, then 12 to 13
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900 decreasing to Poor after
2100.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5 5 10 5 5 10 5 15 10 10 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............79 78 75 68 65 63 62 61 60 59 58 57
RH..............15 18 21 24 27 28 28 29 29 29 29 29
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW W W W SW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..9 9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.17 17 14 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Ridge wind dir..NW NW NW W W W SW W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...12 6.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.23 17 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 13
SDspl kt-ft/1000231 91 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 1100, then west 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 10 to 15 mph until 1200, then around 20
mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 0900. 12500 ft AGL after
1200.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph until 1200, then 22 to 24
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800 increasing to Excellent after
1200.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15 20 15 10 10 10 10 15 20 25 25 25
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............57 56 60 65 69 73 77 79 79 80 80 80
RH..............31 32 30 27 24 20 18 17 17 17 17 17
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 5 6 10 13 14 14 14 14 13
20 FT wind gust.10 11 10 10 13 18 22 24 24 24 24 23
Ridge wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..10 10 10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 8.5 12 12 12 13 12 12
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.14 12 13 13 16 20 23 23 24 24 23 22
SDspl kt-ft/10007 7 20 33 81 148 231 237 256 263 239 217
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. West
winds around 8 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds around 8 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. West
winds around 8 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Rowe
Requested by...Ben Hoyle
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619112.0/RIW
.DELDT 08/06/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL eric.neiswanger@usda.gov,benjamin_hoyle@firenet.gov