NWS Riverton WYFW.A 0015October 8, 2026
Fire Weather Watch: Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA, Natrona County/Casper BLM, Johnson County/Casper BLM and 1 more, WY
The National Weather Service office in Riverton issued a fire weather watch for Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA, Natrona County/Casper BLM, Johnson County/Casper BLM and 1 more in Wyoming, in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on October 9. It was the 15th fire weather watch the NWS office in Riverton issued in 2026. Wyoming had 6 fire weather watches in October 2026, against 5 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Wyoming's fire weather watchs by year).
Watch
In force for 7 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Riverton WY
- Area
- Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA, Natrona County/Casper BLM, Johnson County/Casper BLM and 1 more
- State
- Wyoming
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 1:31 a.m. MDT, October 8, 2026
- In force from
- 12:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. MDT, October 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KRIW FW.A 0015
- 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
* IMPACTS: Low Humidities...Unseasonably Warm Temperatures...and Strong Gusty Winds could cause erratic fire behavior. * AFFECTED AREA: In Central WY Fire Zones...280...289. In North Central WY Fire Zone....281. In Southwest WY Fire Zone....279. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central WY...Fremont...Natrona. In North Central WY...Johnson. In Southwest WY...Sweetwater. * WIND: Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY: As low as 10 to 15 percent. * TEMPERATURES: Highs from the upper 70s to the mid 80s.
What the agency told people to do
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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