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Spot Forecast for Miller Creek...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
623 AM MDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Low clouds will break up mid morning with mostly sunny conditions
through mid afternoon. Winds will be generally easterly today
with a lean toward northeast this morning, then more southeast
this afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms may arrive as early as
2pm, but most likely by 4pm. Several rounds of thunderstorm are
expected through around 10pm tonight. Golf ball hail and wind
gusts to 75 mph are the main threats with storms today. Isolated
tornado threat is there, but chances are low. Heavy rainfall is
possible with locally over an inch of rain possible in a short
period of time with the stronger thunderstorms. Showers taper off
by around 2am. Strong RH recoveries tonight and fog is a
possibility before sunrise Sunday morning. Chambers

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy early this morning becoming mostly sunny
                    mid morning. Increasing clouds in the
                    afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
CWR.................36 percent.
Chance of lightning.45 percent.
Max temperature.....84-88.
Min humidity........38-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 6 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........East around 12 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    6900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming partly
                    cloudy overnight. Rain showers and scattered
                    thunderstorms in the evening, decreasing chances
                    of rain showers overnight. Some thunderstorms may
                    be severe in the evening.
CWR.................64 percent.
Chance of lightning.70 percent.
Min temperature.....56-60.
Max humidity........91-95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........East around 15 mph turning southwest overnight.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    300 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph turning southwest overnight.

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Forecaster...Chambers
Requested by...Hannah
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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