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FNUS75 KRIW 251213
FWSRIW
SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG CREEK ROADSIDE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
513 AM MST WED FEB 25 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 MST ON FEBRUARY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
DISCUSSION
THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN STRONG WINDS OCCURRING MOST OF THE DAY,
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. THERE IS A 40% TO 50% CHANCE
THAT GUSTS EXCEED 40 MPH. FROM 0600L TO AROUND 1300L, WINDS WILL BE
PREDOMINATELY WESTERLY BEFORE BECOMING MORE NORTHWESTERLY AND REMAIN
GUSTY UNTIL 1800L. WITH THESE STRONG WINDS, EXPECT GOOD TO VERY GOOD
SMOKE DISPERSAL WITH PEAK AFTERNOON MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 5,000 FT
AGL. SNOW WILL ALSO BE ONGOING FROM 0600L UNTIL 1600L, WITH
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. LIGHT SNOW POTENTIAL
EXISTS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT RELATIVELY LIGHT
NORTHWESTER WINDS OVERNIGHT BEFORE INCREASING FROM THE WEST
THURSDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY.
..THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SNOW SHOWERS
THROUGH THE DAY. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.
CWR.................34 PERCENT DECREASING TO 3 PERCENT LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...13 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
TO 35 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 30 TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100 BEFORE QUICKLY INCREASING
TO AROUND 5000 FT AGL UNTIL 1700, THEN 2000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 29 TO 36 MPH UNTIL 1100, THEN 35 TO 43 MPH
UNTIL 1700, THEN AROUND 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000, THEN
GOOD TO EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700, THEN
FAIR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........80 80 80 65 70 70 65 60 55 45 45 45
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 70 70 60 70 80 80 80 60 40 20 30
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 34 34 32
RH..............75 75 74 73 72 69 64 61 61 61 64 61
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..16 17 16 17 17 19 20 20 19 18 17 15
20 FT WIND GUST.24 25 22 23 25 26 29 29 26 26 23 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 4.0 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.29 29 31 32 36 39 40 41 43 38 35 28
SDSPL KT-FT/100034 34 39 48 99 116 140 158 175 159 126 53
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................3 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 18.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
MPH UNTIL 0400, THEN LIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........40 40 40 45 45 50 45 40 35 35 35 40
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............29 28 27 25 25 23 22 21 21 20 20 19
RH..............66 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 67 67 67
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W NW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 14 13 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 14
RIDGE WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 20 20 18 20 20 18 20 17 18 17
SDSPL KT-FT/100030 27 23 23 22 24 23 22 23 21 22 21
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1000, THEN WEST 7 TO 12 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 24 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100, THEN 3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1300, THEN 22 TO 26
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100, THEN
FAIR EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO GOOD IN
THE AFTERNOON UNTIL 1700, THEN FAIR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 25 20 15 10 5 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 (%).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............20 20 18 21 25 30 32 33 34 34 33 32
RH..............68 67 65 62 58 54 51 49 48 49 52 54
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 8 9 11 12 12 12 11
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 16 18 18 19 21 22 23 24 24
RIDGE WIND DIR..NW W W W W W W W W W W W
RIDGE WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 17 21 25 25 26 26 25 23 22
SDSPL KT-FT/100019 19 20 27 45 75 79 84 85 70 54 42
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS
AROUND 16 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS
AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 26 MPH.
SUNDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S.
HIGHS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH.
FORECASTER...GERHARDT
REQUESTED BY...DOMINIC MANLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603870.0/RIW
.DELDT 02/25/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL GRANT.MARTIN@USDA.GOV,DOMINIC.MANLEY@USDA.GOV,TRENTON.JONES@USDA.GOV
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