NWS Cheyenne WYFW.A 0022October 3, 2026
Fire Weather Watch: Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains, North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains, North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin and 5 more, WY
The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a fire weather watch for Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains, North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains, North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin and 5 more in Wyoming, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on October 5. It was the 22nd fire weather watch the NWS office in Cheyenne issued in 2026. Wyoming had 2 fire weather watches in October 2026, against 5 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Wyoming's fire weather watchs by year).
ExpiredWatch
In force for 6 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cheyenne WY
- Area
- Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains, North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains, North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin and 5 more
- State
- Wyoming
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 11:57 a.m. MDT, October 3, 2026
- In force from
- 12:00 p.m. MDT, October 5, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. MDT, October 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KCYS FW.A 0022
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Fire Weather Watches in Wyoming since 2008Every warning type in Wyoming
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The notice as issued
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF WY... The National Weather Service in Cheyenne WY has issued a Fire Weather Watch. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 418 through 422, 427, 430, and 432. * TIMING...Monday afternoon. * WINDS...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 12 to 20 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
What the agency told people to do
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Fire Weather Watch.
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