Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
235 FNUS75 KBYZ 040042 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for Columbus SAR...Stillwater County National Weather Service Billings MT 642 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 MDT on July 03. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms through midnight, 20 percent chance of showers overnight. Fog development may occur after 2am along the river (30% chance), lasting through the early morning hours until around 9am. Low temperatures will get into the upper 40s tonight. Mostly sunny with another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon Thursday. NW winds will gust to 25 mph in the afternoon. The Yellowstone river is currently running around 8.9kcfs at Columbus. Forecast is for a slow decrease over the next 24-48 hours. The current is running at an estimated 3.5 mph on the Yellowstone river @ Columbus. Chambers .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. 15 percent chance of showers overnight. 30 percent chance for fog along the river after 2am. Min temperature.....46-50. Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph. Gusts to 35 mph near thunderstorms through late evening. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 30 percent chance of fog along the river until 9am. Max temperature.....74-78. Surface winds (mph).Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph, with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 40 mph near thunderstorms. $$ Forecaster...Chambers Requested by...David Stamey Type of request...SAR .TAG 2417360.0/BYZ .DELDT 07/03/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dstamey@stillwatercountymt.gov