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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
237 FNUS75 KBYZ 162158 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for Mile Marker 28 Fire...USFS National Weather Service Billings MT 358 PM MDT Fri Aug 16 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 MDT on August 16. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Isolated threat for a thunderstorm before 6pm, then dry with winds turning down slope/valley overnight. RH recoveries will be modest tonight within the thermal belt. Mostly sunny tomorrow with slope dominant winds and occasional afternoon thermal gusts to 20 mph. RH values in the teens tomorrow afternoon. Higher RH values arrive for Saturday night, but currently a dry forecast into Sunday morning. Chambers .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell. Max temperature.....72-76. Min humidity........25-29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph, occasional gust to 17mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Ridgetop...........West around 10 mph. Mixing height.......9100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 14 mph. Haines index........4. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Min temperature.....51-55. Max humidity........43-47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming down slope/valley 3 to 6 mph after 10pm. Ridgetop...........Southwest around 7 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 1400 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Max temperature.....78-82. Min humidity........15-20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Down Slope/Valley 4 to 8 mph becoming Up Slope/Valley 5 to 10 mph by 11am. Occasional thermal gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph. Mixing height.......10300 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest around 13 mph. Haines index........6. $$ Forecaster...Chambers Requested by...Jon Warder Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2420404.0/BYZ .DELDT 08/16/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jonathan.warder@usda.gov