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Spot Forecast for Billy Creek Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
453 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1638 MDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM
MDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...Hot and dry conditions continue into Friday. Winds
will be relatively light and diurnally driven but occasional gusty
winds may occur late afternoon and early evening, mainly for
ridgetops. Rh recovery tonight will be marginal.


.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....92-97.
* Min Humidity........8-12 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph becoming north 3-7 mph by
  early evening. Occasional gusts to 15 mph mainly on ridgetops.
* Mixing Height.......6500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........North 5 mph.
* Haines Index........2 very low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Min Temperature.....60-65.
* Max Humidity........43-48 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........North 5-8 mph shifting to east 3-6 mph
  around sunset then south 2-5 mph after midnight. Occasional
  gusts to 15 mph mainly on ridgetops during the early evening.
* Mixing Height.......6500 ft agl decreasing to 2500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........East 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....94-99.
* Min Humidity........7-11 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........South 3-6 mph becoming variable 2-5 mph mid
  morning through mid afternoon then shifting to the north 5-8 mph
  in the late afternoon. Occasional gusts to 15 mph mainly on
  ridgetops during the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2000 ft agl increasing to 7500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Haines Index........3 very low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Booth
Requested by...Grangeville Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2400000.0/MSO
.DELDT 07/04/24
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.EMAIL idgvc@firenet.gov