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Spot Forecast for Hadley...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
619 PM MDT Wed Aug 14 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on August 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

A thunderstorm and/or outflow will impact the fire site between
6:30PM-7:00PM. A brief period of moderate rain and/or northwest
winds gusting to 30 mph is expected during this time. Winds will
decrease and become westerly 1-2 hours after the storms passage.
Brief rain from the storms will assist in relative humidity
recoveries overnight. Winds will gradually shift to the southeast
tomorrow night, slowly bringing moisture and higher humidity
values into the area for Friday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................30 percent.
LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell.
Min temperature.....59-63.
Max humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 9 to 13 mph, becoming west
                    8 to 12 after 9PM. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 11 to 15 mph, becoming west
                    8 to 12 after 9PM. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......8700 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....80-84.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    9600 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
Haines index........2.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Haze overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....61-65.
Max humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 6 to 8 mph slowly becoming southeast overnight.
 Ridgetop...........North winds 8 to 10 mpb slowly becoming southeast overnight.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell.
Max temperature.....85-89.
Min humidity........27-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    10800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 12 mph.
Haines index........3.

$$
Forecaster...Vertz
Requested by...Kelsey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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