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Spot Forecast for Taylor Mountain Rx...USFS BTF
National Weather Service Riverton WY
624 AM MST Wed Nov 4 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on November 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions and light winds will continue today and tonight.
Mostly cloudy to overcast skies from high clouds will be in place
through the day today before clearing out shortly after sunset
this evening. Winds will follow a diurnal trend again today,
starting downslope/downvalley and turning northerly after 1000 and
returning downslope/downvalley after sunset.

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

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1200, then 3500 ft AGL until
                    1700, then 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph until 0900, then northeast 7
                    to 8 mph until 1600, then north around 7 mph
                    until 1700, then light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........90  90  85  80  75  70  65  60  55  50  50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............31  32  36  39  42  44  46  48  46  44  42
RH..............83  82  75  67  61  53  47  44  45  49  55
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1
20 FT wind gust.4   4   4   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   4
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   NW  W   W
Ridge wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 2.0 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW  N   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  N   NW
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   7   6
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   4   8   11  17  23  24  23  12  3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 26.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds until 1900, then southwest around
                    10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph until 0100, then southwest
                    around 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  25  15  15  10  10  5   5   5   5   10  10
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............40  37  35  34  33  32  32  31  31  30  30  29
RH..............61  67  73  76  79  81  82  83  84  85  86  87
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   3   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   6   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Ridge wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Ridge wind spd..5   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
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.W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   8   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
SDspl kt-ft/10002   4   4   3   4   4   3   4   4   4   4   4

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1200, then 4500 ft AGL until
                    1600, then 1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 1100, then southwest 8 to 12
                    mph until 1700, then west around 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1300, then fair until 1600,
                    then poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  15  30  45  45  55  50  50  60  60  60  90
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            RW
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   20
Temp............27  26  28  32  35  39  43  46  46  46  44  40
RH..............94  98  98  94  87  80  72  63  59  58  65  74
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   2   2   1   1
20 FT wind gust.                                            6
Ridge wind dir..N   NE  SE  E   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  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 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 1.5 1.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   6   8   10  12  10  12  9   8
SDspl kt-ft/10002   2   2   3   7   15  25  38  41  34  14  6

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and snow showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the lower 50s. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...LaVoie
Requested by...Paul Hood
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625047.1/RIW
.DELDT 11/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL paul_hood@nps.gov