Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
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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
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.EMAIL Taylormduncan2019@gmail.com.,taylormduncan2019@gmail.com