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Spot Forecast for Horse...USFS
National Weather Service Riverton WY
Issued by National Weather Service Billings MT
540 AM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service

.DISCUSSION...

Cooler with slightly higher relative humidity today compared to
Tuesday. Winds increase from the west to above 10 mph after 0900L
with gusts between 20-30 mph beginning around 1100L and continuing
through 2000L. Mixing and smoke dispersal will generally be very
good to excellent between 1200L and 1800L. No precipitation
chances today. Slightly warmer with more unstable conditions is
forecast Thursday.

...Thunderstorms imply strong gusty and erratic winds...

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 0900, then west 8 to 16 mph
                    with gusts between 20 to 30 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 10 to 15 mph until 1200, then around 25
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL until 0900. 7500 ft AGL after 1400.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 16 mph until 1100, then 21 to 24
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900. Very good early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent in the afternoon after
                    1300.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25  20  10  5   5   5   0   5   5   5   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  47  53  58  61  64  66  69  69  70  71  70
RH..............71  69  64  48  43  37  31  28  26  24  24  24
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   7   10  10  11  12  13  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.7   7   10  11  13  20  22  22  24  26  25  25
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..10  10  15  15  15  15  20  25  25  25  25  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  14  16  21  22  24  24  24  24  23
SDspl kt-ft/10005   6   9   34  56  95  114 147 154 160 159 145

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 47.
Max humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 12 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph until 2200, then light.
Ridgetop wind.......West 15 to 20 mph until 2300, then southwest
                    around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL until 2000, then 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 21 mph until 2400, then around 10
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good early in the evening decreasing to
                    good late in the night until 2000. Poor after
                    2200.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........5   5   10  10  10  10  5   0   5   5   10  5
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
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  68  65  60  56  54  52  51  51  49  49  48
RH..............24  25  28  33  36  36  37  37  36  35  37  38
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  10  8   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.23  20  20  15  12  10  10  8   8   8   8   8
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..20  20  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.21  20  16  14  13  12  10  10  10  10  10  10
SDspl kt-ft/1000122 93  16  7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds until 0900, then west 8 to 16 mph
                    with gusts 20 to 30 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West 10 to 15 mph until 1100, then 20 to 30
                    mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL until 0900. 11000 ft AGL after
                    1400.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 14 mph until 0900, then 23 to 29
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800. Excellent after 1200.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   15  5   5   5   5   5   10  15  20  20  25
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   10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............47  49  54  59  64  67  70  72  74  74  74  74
RH..............37  36  33  31  27  26  26  25  25  24  24  24
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   8   10  12  13  14  14  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.8   11  14  16  20  19  24  26  28  28  28  26
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..10  10  15  15  15  20  25  25  27  28  27  27
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.5 3.0 5.0 7.0 9.0 9.5 10  10  11  11
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  12  14  23  25  28  29  29  29  28  28  26
SDspl kt-ft/10005   7   19  63  105 165 220 242 249 239 254 249

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around
8 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 50. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds around 9 mph.

$$
Forecaster...NWS Billings
Requested by...Titus Perkins
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518019.1/RIW
.DELDT 07/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL titus.perkins@usda.gov