Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Threat in the Southwest U.S.

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains today and Saturday. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds and low relative humidities will continue to support an elevated to critical fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest into to early next week. Read More >

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Useful Links

Fishhawk Fire Inciweb Page Stink Water Inciweb Page

WFO Riverton Fire Weather Page

Fire Weather Planning Forecast For Zone 286

Park County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page

Park County Emergency Management Page

U.S. Forest Service Shoshone National Forest Facebook Page

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Cody Airport
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Eagle (RAWS)
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Surrounding
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Hourly Weather Graph with
Fire Weather Parameters

Hourly Tabular Forecast with
Fire Weather Parameters

Spot Forecast
Monitor
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Area Forecast Discussion

National Fire Weather Page

Wildfire Map Location
Yellow outline is the fire perimeter as of 9/06 - Total 11,130 acres

Current Warnings, Radar, and Satellite

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Most Recent Fire Weather Watch/Red Flag Warning Text

Please click on the map to see the latest watch and warning products, as well as the complete color code for public products - some are similar to the Fire Weather colors. In addition, other products highlighted on this map may be important to fire users.

Northern Rockies	Riverton	Billings

Pictures from the Fishhawk Fire

Fishhawk Fire near Wapati (9/2) Photo from inciweb.nwcg.gov	Fishhawk Fire near Wapati (9/2) Photo from inciweb.nwcg.gov

Aerial Survey of Firehawk Fire on 9/3 Photo from Fishhawk Fire Facebook Page	Fishhawk Fire on 9/3 Map from inciweb.nwcg.gov

Visible	Infrared	Latest Surface Obs	Latest Fronts

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Additional Satellite Resources
MODIS Fire Detections - Rocky Mountain (West) SSD Fire Detection Program Fire Weather Wind Adjustment Tool Forest Service: Fire Imagery - Geospatial Technology and Applications Center More Satellite Options

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Storm Prediction Center Critical Fire Areas and Thunderstorm Forecasts

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Day 1-Critical Fire Areas	Day 2-Critical Fire Areas	Days 3-8 Critical Fire Areas

Day 1 Categorical	Day 2 Categorical	Day 3 Categorical

Thunderstorm Potential Forecasts (Updated Hourly)

Hour 1-3	Hour 4-6	Hour 7-9	Hour 9-11	Hour 11-13

Hour 15-17	Hour 17-19	Hour 19-21	Hour 21-23	Hour 23-25

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Weather Outlook and Climate Information

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Local Precipitation, Wind, and Humidity Information (NWS)

48 Hour Liquid Precipitation	48 Hour Snow Accumulation	Period 1 Peak Wind Gusts	Period 3 Peak Wind Gusts

96 Hour Liquid Precipitation	96 Hour Snow Accumulation	Today Minimum Humidity	Tomorrow Minimum Humdity

Climate Outlooks (CPC)

6-10 Day Temperature	6-10 Day Precipitation	8-14 Day Temperature	8-14 Day Precipitation

0-30 Day Temperature	0-30 Day Precipitation	0-90 Day Temperature	0-90 Day Precipitation

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USFS Fire Danger Graphics and Fuels

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Observed Fire Danger Class	Forecast Fire Danger Class	Observed Haines Index

Burning Index	Spread Component	Ignition Component	Energy Release Component

1 Hr. Fuel Moisture	10 Hr. Fuel Moisture	100 Hr. Fuel Moisture	1000 Hr. Fuel Moisture

RM01 ERC Fuels Graph

RM01 10hr. Fuels Graph

Pocket Card

***IMPORTANT*** Select the ERC, 10-hr fuel moisture and pocket card graphics closest to the wildfire. Your best option may be to save
the image and then upload to CMS for display in this table. Change headers, then DELETE this cell.

ERC and 10-hr Fuel Graphs are found at:

Rocky Mountain: https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/predictive/erc_10_100_1000_map.htm
Great Basin: https://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/predictive/PSA_ERCmap/erc-100-1000/index.html
Northern Rockies: https://gacc.nifc.gov/nrcc/predictive/fuels_fire-danger/graphs/psa12.htm

Pocket Cards Found Here: https://famit.nwcg.gov/applications/WIMS/PocketCards/PocketCards

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