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Spot Forecast for Elk Creek...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
353 PM MDT Wed Sep 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 MDT on September 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.Strong Cold Front Passes through Site Thursday Morning...

.DISCUSSION...

Calm and dry conditions are forecast the rest of today of most of
tonight. Relative humidity recoveries will be good, in the 60s
percent.

A strong and dry cold front will move through the site on
Thursday, between 0900 and 1200 hours. Winds will shift to and
increase out of the northwest with and ahead of the front. When
the front arrives, expect sustained winds around 20 mph, with
gusts to increase up to 40 mph through the forecast period.
Minimum relative humidities will be in the 30s percent Thursday
and temperatures will be slightly below normal, in the low 70s.
The chance for precipitation is very low (less than 15 percent)
through Thursday. Matos

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....52-56.
Max humidity........63-67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds northeast winds 5 to 8 mph,
shifting to the south and west overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast becoming southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 10 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.2 percent.
Max temperature.....70-74.
Min humidity........32-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 10 mph increasing to
19 to 23 mph, between 0600 and 1200 MDT.
Gusts around 40 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 20 to 25 mph, gusts around 40 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph.

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Forecaster...Matos
Requested by...Hannah
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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