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Spot Forecast for Spot Request Test...NWS
National Weather Service Billings MT
1059 AM MDT Tue May 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MDT on May 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain early in
                    the afternoon, then chance of showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms until 1500, then 2...1 to
                    8 strikes/15 min/cell.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........31-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......9700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.

TIME (MDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  51  55  57  57  56
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH
Temp............60  61  63  63  64  63
RH..............40  39  36  33  34  35
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  11

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms early in the evening, then slight
                    chance of rain late in the evening.
CWR.................7 percent.
LAL.................2...1 to 8 strikes/15 min/cell until 2100, then
                    1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....39-43.
Max humidity........77-81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 6 mph in the late evening and overnight.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height.......9700 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    600 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 12 mph overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........56  60  69  73  63  42  31  31  30  30  29  26
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........ISO ISO ISO
Temp............62  60  57  54  51  49  48  45  44  43  43  42
RH..............37  42  49  57  61  65  71  72  75  76  76  79
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.11  11  11  10  10  8   8   8   10  10  8   7

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....66-70.
Min humidity........28-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    8200 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 12 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........25        60        65        82
Weather cov.....                    S CHC     S CHC
Weather type....NONE      NONE      RAIN      RAIN
Tstm cov........
Temp............41        55        66        68
RH..............79        54        33        31
20 FT wind......SW 6G7    SW 7G11   SW 9G13   SW 7G11

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Forecaster...Arthur
Requested by...Virgil Middendorf
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414837.0/BYZ
.DELDT 05/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL virgil.middendorf@gmail.com