Storm Station
Wright, Wyoming
62°
Mostly clear· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Partly cloudy. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. North wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
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46%Humidity
26%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Wright, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Rochelle Hills RAWSRHKW4

A remote fire weather station/24.2 mi away/5,151 ft/201 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 622

measured daily2 instruments

Wright 0.5 ESE (WY7RR)WY-CM-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/5,003 ft/53 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Wright 12WWGTW4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/5,056 ft/106 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.6 mi from Wright. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:06 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. B THE AIR AT BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 14.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KBFU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (0 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, north up: blowing from 0 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. C THE WIND AT BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 0°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KBFU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,698 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.18 inHg and the temperature at 42.2 F; it reports 53.6 F, 11.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,698 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.18 inches of mercury, and temperature, 42.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KBFUFIG. D WHERE BELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBELLE FOURCHE US 59 SOUTH OF GILLETTE16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,698 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.18 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE42.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.6 FTITLEBelle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS KBFUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-KBFU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Belle Fourche US 59 south of Gillette, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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