Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
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FNUS75 KRIW 031254
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Spot Forecast for Taylor Mountain Rx...USFS BTF
National Weather Service Riverton WY
554 AM MST Tue Nov 3 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service
.DISCUSSION...
Conditions will remain dry today and tonight. Skies will be mostly
cloudy with low clouds/fog this morning, but will scatter out
through 1100 and stay partly cloudy through the rest of the day.
Winds will remain light today and tonight as well, with a westerly
direction in the morning and turning northeasterly by 1100. Winds
will turn back downslope/down valley by 2000. Smoke dispersal will
be poor today and Wednesday as a result of the light winds.
...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Patchy fog early
in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1300, then 2500 ft AGL until
1700, then 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 1000, then southeast 7 to 8
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35 35 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............27 29 33 35 38 41 44 46 44 42 40
RH..............93 92 86 83 76 65 57 52 53 58 63
20 FT wind dir..N W NW N NE NE NE NE NE N N
20 FT wind spd..0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Ridge wind dir..W W NW N NE NE NE NE NE N N
Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E
Transp wind spd.5 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7
SDspl kt-ft/10002 3 6 10 11 16 16 15 14 8 4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 7 mph until 2200, then light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........30 40 45 50 50 55 60 65 70 70 75 75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............38 36 33 33 32 31 31 30 30 30 30 29
RH..............68 73 77 80 82 84 85 86 86 87 87 87
20 FT wind dir..N NW W W SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Ridge wind dir..N NW W W SW SW SW W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE E SE SE E E E NE N NE
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
SDspl kt-ft/10004 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming mostly
sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1300, then 3000 ft AGL until
1600, then 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 1200, then northeast 7 to 9
mph until 1600, then northwest.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........95 95 90 85 65 60 35 35 35 20 10 30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............26 27 28 33 36 41 45 48 50 49 47 43
RH..............90 91 90 87 80 73 62 53 47 47 54 65
20 FT wind dir..NW N N N N N N NW NW NW W W
20 FT wind spd..1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Ridge wind dir..NW N N N N N N NW NW NW W W
Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 1.0 0.5
Transp wind dir.NE N NE N NE N E NE N NE NW NW
Transp wind spd.6 5 6 5 6 6 8 9 7 9 9 7
SDspl kt-ft/10002 1 1 3 5 8 15 23 20 20 9 2
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 40s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and snow showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs around 50. Light winds.
$$
Forecaster...LaVoie
Requested by...Paul Hood
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625047.0/RIW
.DELDT 11/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL paul_hood@nps.gov