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FNUS75 KRIW 181549
FWSRIW
SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE RED CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
849 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON FEBRUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE
DISCUSSION
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST NOON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4
INCHES IS EXPECTED BY NOON THURSDAY. WIND THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE
LIGHT FROM THE WEST, WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 10 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
IN THE LOW 20S, WITH HUMIDITY REMAINING ABOVE 50 PERCENT. LIGHT
WINDS AND MIXING HEIGHTS NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BRING POOR SMOKE
DISPERSAL THROUGH THE DAY.
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY, WITH ONLY
A FEW GUSTS FROM THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL
WILL AGAIN BE POOR. A SMALL CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT MINIMAL TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
LATE IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 20.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1200, THEN WEST AROUND 10
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........85 80 80 80 75 75 70 60 50
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............11 13 15 17 18 19 20 20 19
RH..............73 70 64 60 57 56 55 54 55
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4
20 FT WIND GUST. 6 7 8 8 7 6
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW W W W W W W W NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 9 12 12 14 14 15 13 9
SDSPL KT-FT/10009 14 19 24 34 36 37 27 16
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 5 ABOVE.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1900, THEN SOUTH UNTIL
0300, THEN SOUTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........45 40 40 35 35 35 30 25 20 25 30 35
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............17 14 11 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5
RH..............58 63 66 67 67 66 67 67 66 66 65 65
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.
RIDGE WIND DIR..W SW S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW S S S S S S S S SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1200, THEN NORTHWEST AROUND
10 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1000, THEN WEST 7
TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........50 65 80 85 90 90 90 90 90 85 85 80
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............5 6 8 11 16 20 23 24 25 25 24 22
RH..............66 69 70 69 65 62 61 60 60 61 61 63
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 3
20 FT WIND GUST. 6 7 7 6 8
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S W NW NW W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 9 8 7
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 4 4 5 7 8 11 14 18 14 11 8
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
SATURDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 8. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 20S. LIGHT WINDS.
SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 11. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT WINDS.
MONDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
FORECASTER...STRAUB
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MORGAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/18/26
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