We study the singular set in the thin obstacle problem for degenerate parabolic equations with weight $$|y|^a$$
|
y
|
a
for $$a \in (-1,1)$$
a
∈
(
-
1
,
1
)
. Such problem arises as the local extension of the obstacle problem for the fractional heat operator $$(\partial _t - \Delta _x)^s$$
(
∂
t
-
Δ
x
)
s
for $$s \in (0,1)$$
s
∈
(
0
,
1
)
. Our main result establishes the complete structure and regularity of the singular set of the free boundary. To achieve it, we prove Almgren-Poon, Weiss, and Monneau type monotonicity formulas which generalize those for the case of the heat equation ($$a=0$$
a
=
0
).