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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2 AT 2:05AM MDT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3 AT 9:00PM MDT
Effective: 2026-09-02 02:05:00 [EXPIRED]
Expires: 2026-09-03 21:00:00
Issued by: NWS Riverton WY
Alert Text
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHERWATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.
* AFFECTED AREA: IN CENTRAL WY FIRE ZONES...280...283...285...288...289...300. IN NORTH CENTRAL WY FIRE ZONES...275...276...281...282...287. IN NORTHWEST WY FIRE ZONE....286. IN SOUTHWEST WY FIRE ZONES...277...279. IN WEST CENTRAL WY FIRE ZONE....278.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN CENTRAL WY...FREMONT...NATRONA. IN NORTH CENTRAL WY...BIG HORN...HOT SPRINGS...JOHNSON...PARK WASHAKIE. IN SOUTHWEST WY...SWEETWATER...UINTA. IN WEST CENTRAL WY...LINCOLN...SUBLETTE.
* WIND: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* HUMIDITY: 12 TO 15 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES: HIGHS IN 70S WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE MOUNTAINS; IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE DIVIDE.
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Target Area
NORTH BIGHORN BASIN WORLAND BLM, CODY FOOTHILLS, LINCOLN AND UINTA COUNTIES LOWER ELEVATIONS, UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN ROCK SPRINGS BLM, SWEETWATER COUNTY ROCK SPRINGS BLM FLAMING GORGE NRA, NATRONA COUNTY CASPER BLM, JOHNSON COUNTY CASPER BLM, SOUTH BIGHORN BASIN WORLAND BLM, UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN WIND RIVER BASIN, SOUTH BIGHORN MOUNTAINS, ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS NORTH SHOSHONE NF, OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS, EAST WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS SOUTH SHOSHONE NF, GRANITE GREEN FERRIS RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAINS, CASPER MOUNTAIN
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