Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
532 FNUS75 KBYZ 302356 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for BO Fire...Billings Dispatch National Weather Service Billings MT 556 PM MDT Sun Jun 30 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 MDT on June 30. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. ...Strong NW winds arriving this evening... .DISCUSSION... There is a high likelihood of thunderstorm-induced strong NW winds this evening (gusts 35-45 mph), with a wind shift expected to arrive around 7pm, though the risk of a thunderstorm impacting the fire site is low (10%). Expect strongest gusts between 7 and 9 pm. Winds will decrease and become westerly in the late evening and overnight. A period of rain showers is likely late tonight through Monday morning, with a 25% chance of a wetting rain. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this evening, then scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms overnight. Strong wind gusts near thunderstorms this evening (mainly between 7-9pm). CWR.................Less than 5 percent. LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell. Min temperature.....56-60. Max humidity........75-80 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 5 to 15 mph shifting northwest with gusts of 35 to 45 mph from 7 to 9 pm. Winds decreasing and becoming west 6-12 mph overnight. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Erratic in the evening, then west 10 mph overnight. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................25 percent. LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell. Max temperature.....76-80. Min humidity........32-36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West 8-12 mph. Gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 7500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 15 mph. Haines index........3. $$ Forecaster...Lester Requested by...Billings Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416929.2/BYZ .DELDT 06/30/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mtbdc@firenet.gov, kwilliams@yellowstonecountymt.gov