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Spot Forecast for Bobcat Fence Burn Piles...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
506 AM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on January 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Retransmission. Snow showers will move through the burn site at
times today as a disturbance drops through the region. However,
snow amounts look light, a half inch or less.

Gusty northwest winds will continue through the day, decreasing
into the evening and shifting west overnight. Warmer and drier
conditions can be expected for Thursday, with southwest winds
increasing in the afternoon. The next chance of snow arrives late
Thursday night and Friday as a cold front drops through the region.
Only light snow amounts are currently forecast (half inch or less).

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers early in
                    the morning. Scattered snow showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....26-30.
Min humidity........60-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
                    30 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 15 to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 30 mph decreasing to around 20
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  84  80  82  87  83  83  86  83  88  92
Weather cov.....ISO ISO                     SCT SCT SCT SCT
Weather type....SW  SW                      SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............23  24  24  24  26  26  26  27  26  26  25
RH..............66  71  72  70  68  67  66  65  65  64  69
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  15  15  15  14  14  14  13  12  8
20 FT wind gust.25  27  27  27  28  29  27  26  22  20  16

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
                    Isolated snow showers early in the evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
Min temperature.....10-14.
Max humidity........69-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 8 to 16 mph in the evening
                    becoming west 5 to 10 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 10 to 20 mph in the evening
                    becoming west overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph shifting to the west
                    overnight.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........92  92  92  85  72  65  59  42  32  29  17  10
Weather cov.....ISO ISO
Weather type....SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............24  24  24  24  23  22  21  19  18  16  15  14
RH..............69  70  69  69  68  68  70  72  72  74  72  70
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   7   6   6   5   5   4   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.16  16  14  14  12  12  10  10  8   7   6   9

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming mostly cloudy in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....31-35.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 25
                    mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 15 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1300 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 25 mph.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........10        13        21        55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............13        18        28        33
RH..............68        65        50        44
20 FT wind......SW 10G14  SW 10G14  SW 13G20  SW 15G25

$$
Forecaster...Palmquist
Requested by...David Day
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500677.6/BYZ
.DELDT 01/22/25
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.EMAIL dday@blm.gov,rmgriffin@blm.gov