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Spot Forecast for Yellowstone Trail Rx...Billings City College
National Weather Service Billings MT
803 AM MDT Sun Apr 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 MDT on April 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be dry with generally light winds. Winds will have a
tendency to turn to the east by late afternoon, but will also
display an upslope component as the day heats up. Humidity will
fall into the teens by late afternoon. A system from the southwest
will approach the area late tonight and this will spread clouds in
and bring a slight chance of a shower. Monday will be a little
cooler with winds starting from the west. Winds will turn to the
northeast by afternoon with some gusts over 20 mph. There will be
an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms by Monday
afternoon. Humidity will be higher on Monday, with cooler
temperatures and more cloud cover. TWH


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....77-82.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Winds turing east
                    late afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Around 1500 ft AGL in the early morning,
                    increasing to around 10000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Haines index........4.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of rain showers overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....46-51.
Max humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 4 to 12 mph in the evening, turning
                    to the north to northeast late evening, then
                    to the west overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Around 8000 ft AGL early in the evening,
                    decreasing to around 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 10 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................18 percent.
LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell.
Max temperature.....68-73.
Min humidity........29-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 14 mph in the early morning,
                    turning northwest by late morning, then northeast
                    8 to 16 mph with gusts to 22 mph by early afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 10 mph in the morning, becoming
                    northeast in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Around 500 ft AGL early in the morning, increasing
                    to around 5000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph.
Haines index........4.

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Forecaster...Humphrey
Requested by...Taig ODonnell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410714.0/BYZ
.DELDT 04/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL taigodonnell@yahoo.com
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