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Spot Forecast for South Stocker RX...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
550 AM MDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on April 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Nearby Raws stations show 0.03-0.10 inches of rain fell overnight.
Today will be dry and windy at the burn site, with well-mixed
northwest wind gusts up to 35 mph through midday. Gusts will
decrease to 25 mph this afternoon, then winds will become much
lighter by sunset. Expect afternoon humidity to drop to near 20%.
Wednesday will see less wind, higher RHs and a slight chance of
rain and snow showers.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Increasing clouds by late
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....52-56.
Min humidity........19-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West to northwest 15-25 mph. Gusts near 35 mph
                    through midday.
 Ridgetop...........West to northwest 20-30 mph with gusts to 35 mph
                    in the morning, decreasing to 15-25 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 10000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West to northwest 25 mph.
Haines index........3.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Temp............40  43  47  49  50  53  54  54  54
RH..............68  54  43  33  29  24  22  21  22
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   NW  W   NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..21  22  23  24  24  22  21  18  17
20 FT wind gust.32  34  34  34  32  30  28  26  23

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....29-33.
Max humidity........62-67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest 6-12 mph. Gusts to 20 mph until sunset.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 15-20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 mph decreasing to around 8 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Temp............53  51  47  44  41  39  38  36  34  33  32  31
RH..............23  26  31  37  41  45  49  52  57  61  63  65
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..12  11  10  8   7   6   6   6   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.20  17  14  11  11  11  10  10  11  10  10  10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain and snow
                    showers.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....52-56.
Min humidity........25-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest 6-12 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 10-15 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 mph.
Haines index........3.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Weather cov.....S CHC     S CHC     S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....RNSN      RNSN      RNSN      RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............31        40        47        53
RH..............67        56        38        28
20 FT wind......NW 6G10   NW 9G13   NW 11G16  NW 11G16

$$
Forecaster...Lester
Requested by...Cody S Phillips
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412752.0/BYZ
.DELDT 04/30/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody.phillips2@usda.gov