Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY
Issued by NWS Cheyenne, WY
050
FNUS75 KCYS 281014
FWSCYS
Spot Forecast for Horsetooth...BLM
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
414 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service at (307) 772-2227
.DISCUSSION...Monsoon moisture plume will remain over the area over
the next few days. Along with higher daytime relative humidities and
excellent nighttime recoveries, scattered showers and thunderstorms
will develop over the mountains and push east over the burn area.
These storms will have a good chance to produce wetting rainfall into
this evening. Winds will generally be light out of the east or
southeast, but gusty and erratic winds are expected in and near
thunderstorms.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent), then becoming mostly
cloudy in the afternoon. Isolated showers
and thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
CWR.................Increasing to 25 percent in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....88 to 93 degrees.
Min humidity........30 to 40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph early shifting to the
northeast 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (59100 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 37 37 19 19 19 34 34 34 59 59 59
Weather cov..... ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20
Temp............67 70 72 75 77 79 82 84 87 89 87 84
RH..............84 76 71 64 58 50 43 40 36 33 35 37
20 FT wind dir..S S SE SE SE E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.3 3 5 5 6 7 9 10 13 14 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.9 4.7 6.9 7.7 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.8
Transp wind dir.SE NW NW NW N N N N N NE E SE
Transp wind spd.5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9
Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDspl kt-ft/10002 2 4 9 18 28 42 46 59 57 55 54
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Patchy smoke
early in the evening. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....60 to 65 degrees.
Max humidity........85 to 95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light and variable.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 16 mph decreasing to 8 to 13
mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft).
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37 37 37 39 39 39 39 39 39 27 27 27
Weather cov.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............82 80 78 75 73 73 72 71 70 68 67 67
RH..............41 45 52 58 64 64 66 71 73 78 81 84
20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 5 3 3
20 FT wind gust.13 13 14 14 15 15 15 14 12 10 8 6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.9 4.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E SE E SE SE S S S S S SE SE
Transp wind spd.12 16 16 15 15 15 13 10 10 9 9 8
Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDspl kt-ft/100059 59 17 15 16 15 6 5 4 4 4 3
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) becoming mostly
cloudy in the afternoon (60-75 percent).
Chance of showers and thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....90 to 95 degrees.
Min humidity........25 to 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in
the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 14 mph shifting to the north
early in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (97300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38 38 38 17 17 17 24 24 24 54 54 54
Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............65 69 70 73 79 83 87 89 90 91 90 89
RH..............90 78 76 68 54 44 38 33 31 28 28 28
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 9 12 13 14 15 15 15 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.1 1.7 2.7 3.7 5.5 7.9 9.8 8.1 9.5 9.3
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE S S S S N E E E
Transp wind spd.8 9 9 10 13 13 14 9 9 14 10 10
Haines index....M M M M M M M M M M M M
SDspl kt-ft/10003 4 9 16 30 41 66 63 78 97 85 84
$$
Requested by...Spaulding
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618481.0/CYS
.DELDT 07/28/26
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