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Spot Forecast for test...nws billings
National Weather Service Billings MT
916 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2200 MDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Test Test Test

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy then
                    becoming mostly clear. Patchy fog after 3 am.
CWR.................7 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....50-54.
Max humidity........90-94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 30 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 12 mph.

TIME (MDT)      10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........27  60  55  35  14  18  12  14
Weather cov.....                    PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                    FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............62  61  59  56  55  54  52  52
RH..............65  67  74  78  84  87  92  90
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   7   6   6   7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 10 percent in the
                    afternoon.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms until 1200, then 2...1 to
                    8 strikes/15 min/cell.
Max temperature.....77-81.
Min humidity........28-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest
                    7 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    10000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest 16
                    to 18 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines index........2 to 3.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15  12  12  10  10  10  38  38  38  46  45  42
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY             SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....FOG FOG FOG             RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............52  56  62  66  69  73  76  78  79  79  79  77
RH..............90  81  71  62  54  48  40  35  31  31  30  31
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   10  11  10  11  12  13  13  13

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 80s. Light
winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...Chambers
Requested by...Chambers
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2417421.0/BYZ
.DELDT 07/04/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL todd.chambers@noaa.gov