Firefighting crews working a pair of uncontained wildfires in western Wyoming can expect some help from Mother Nature this week.

Late August is usually hot and dry, perfect for turning Wyoming’s forests and grasslands into tinderboxes, said Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day. This week, however, will be abnormally cool and wet.

“We’re extremely fortunate, because late August really can be hot and dry, but at least for the next five days, it’s going to be cooler, cloudy and humidity is going to be high,” Day told Cowboy State Daily. “The weather is going to help more than it’s going to harm, and it’s going to help quite a bit if they can get some of those heavy rains.”

That’s welcome news for firefighters and people living in and around the Willow Creek and Dollar Lake fires, which

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