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Spot Forecast for Bear in the Middle...MT-CRA
National Weather Service Billings MT
1214 AM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MDT on July 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Cold front is moving south towards the fire area and should
arrive within the next 30 minutes to an hour. North to northeast
winds with gusts to 35 mph can be expected with the frontal
passage. Winds will decrease some behind the front, but remain
breezy overnight into Tuesday. RH is expected to increase behind
the front with excellent recoveries overnight. Much cooler and
wetter conditions will prevail for Tuesday as a disturbance moves
through the region. Showers or light rain and low clouds can
be expected, with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon
and evening.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.15 percent.
Min temperature.....56-60.
Max humidity........96-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 7 to 18 mph with gusts to
                    around 26 mph. Gusts to 35 mph with a cold front
                    passage between midnight and 0100 MDT. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........North 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 40 mph with a cold
                    front passage between midnight and 0100 MDT.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 200 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 30 mph, decreasing to 20 mph overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Patchy fog through the day. Chance of
                    rain showers in the morning. Rain showers
                    likely and scattered thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of lightning.30 percent.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 8 to 16 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 8 to 16 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 2600 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 20 mph.

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Forecaster...Palmquist
Requested by...Incident Commander
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/14/25
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.EMAIL mtbdc@firenet.gov