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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
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.EMAIL jonathan.warder@usda.gov