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Spot Forecast for South Stocker RX...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
609 AM MDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered rain and snow showers will impact the burn site today,
especially during the afternoon. Winds will be northerly and much
lighter than Tuesday. Look for winds to increase out of the west
overnight tonight, then turn quite gusty (25-35 mph) out of the
northwest on Thursday. In addition, rain/snow showers are likely
Thursday afternoon. Any snow showers the next two days will
struggle to accumulate but may cause brief reductions to
visibility.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated rain and snow showers in
                    the morning, becoming scattered in the afternoon.
                    Brief visibility reductions possible due to snow
                    showers.
CWR.................15 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....45-49.
Min humidity........40-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North 6-12 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North 10-15 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 mph.
Haines index........3.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Temp............40  43  46  47  47  46  46  44  44
RH..............64  55  52  48  43  42  45  45  48
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   10  10  11  11  11
20 FT wind gust.10  11  12  13  14  14  16  16  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with scattered rain or snow showers
                    early in the evening, then turning partly
                    cloudy.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....29-33.
Max humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest to west 6-12 mph. Overnight gusts to
                    20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West 10-15 mph increasing to 15-25 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 mph increasing to 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Temp............44  43  42  41  39  37  36  34  32  32  31  31
RH..............50  53  56  64  68  70  76  76  78  74  77  75
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..10  9   7   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   10
20 FT wind gust.14  13  10  10  10  10  10  11  13  17  19  20

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Increasing clouds. Rain and snow showers likely
                    in the afternoon. A rumble of thunder possible.
CWR.................20 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....47-51.
Min humidity........38-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West 10-20 mph in the morning, then northwest
                    15-25 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West to northwest 20-30 mph. Gusts to 35 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 mph increasing to northwest 28 mph.
Haines index........3.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Temp............31        41        49        45
RH..............72        53        40        54
20 FT wind......W 10G20   W 15G22   NW 17G25  NW 20G30

$$
Forecaster...Lester
Requested by...Cody S Phillips
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412752.2/BYZ
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody.phillips2@usda.gov