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SPOT FORECAST FOR MUDDY...CASPER DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
837 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE
DISCUSSION
EXPECT A LIGHT EASTERLY WIND THROUGH THIS MORNING INCREASING AFTER
1200 WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL START TO BUILD IN THE AREA AFTER 1200, THOUGH
THE BEST CHANCES AT THE FIRE WILL BE BETWEEN 1800 AND 2300. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST, AND COULD
BRING A SUDDEN SHIFT FROM OUT OF THE EAST TO OUT OF THE WEST OR
SOUTHWEST. THERE IS SOME MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY AND THIS
COULD BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING IF A CELL GOES DIRECTLY
OVER THE FIRE. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON THURSDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL STORM CHANCES BY LATE AFTERNOON.
..THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...27 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1100, THEN EAST 7 TO 12 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1600, THEN AROUND 20
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO GOOD BY 1400.
TIME (MDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 30 30 25 25 25 30 30 45 60
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 20 30 30 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 20 30 30 30
TEMP............57 59 61 64 66 68 69 71 69 68
RH..............79 79 73 68 63 60 58 56 57 59
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 18
RIDGE WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 13 14 15 17 17 18 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 12 19 32 41 53 71 69 68 62
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................31 PERCENT DECREASING TO 1 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...35 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........GENERALLY EAST OR SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN SOUTH
AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2200, THEN EAST UNTIL 0200,
THEN SOUTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING BELOW 500 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 18 TO 22 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN WEST
AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL 2200, THEN NORTHEAST AROUND
16 MPH UNTIL 2300, THEN SOUTHEAST 16 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........75 65 75 80 70 65 55 50 40 35 35 35
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 40 40 30 20 10 10 10 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).30 30 40 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............67 62 61 59 58 57 56 56 56 56 56 55
RH..............61 68 73 79 79 80 81 80 80 80 80 79
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE S E E SE SE S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 9 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9
20 FT WIND GUST.17 14 14 8 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..SE SE SE S E E SE SE S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..20 15 15 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE W NE SE E SE S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 21 18 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16
SDSPL KT-FT/100045 27 18 9 7 6 3 2 2 2 3 2
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 14 PERCENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...39 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH BECOMING EAST 4 TO 8 MPH
AFTER 1100 GUSTING 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1400, THEN EAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN WEST 15 TO
16 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN SOUTH AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD BY 1400.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 15 10 10 5 10 10 20 30 40 40 45
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50 50 50 50
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 40 40 40
TEMP............55 57 60 63 65 68 70 72 74 74 73 71
RH..............79 78 72 65 62 57 51 46 42 40 41 44
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE E E E E E E SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 16 17 17 17
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE E E E E E E SE
RIDGE WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE SE SE S S SW W SW S
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 14 13 12 12 12 13 15 16 18
SDSPL KT-FT/10001 2 6 14 21 28 36 48 66 93 82 72
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
FRIDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. WEST
WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
SUNDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
FORECASTER...MYERS
REQUESTED BY...JON BISIAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518870.0/RIW
.DELDT 07/30/25
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