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Spot Forecast for Canyon Creek...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
437 PM MST Tue Feb 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MST on February 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Look for southwest/west winds 10-15 mph early, increasing by late
morning with gusts over 30 mph likely in the afternoon. There is
a slight chance of snow...but we are only expecting flurries to a
very light dusting at best. Wednesday night will be mostly clear
with brisk west wind. Look for increasing clouds Thursday with
somewhat lighter winds. BT

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of snow in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................3 percent.
Max temperature.....34-40.
Min humidity........43-47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Breezy. Southwest/west winds 15 to 24 mph with gusts to
                    around 33 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West around 30 mph increasing to around 45 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    3400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 21 to 29 mph shifting to the west 31
                    to 35 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (24900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to very good (101300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........75  71  69  76  74  72  51  43
Weather cov.....       SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....        SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  37  37  38  37  36  34  28
RH..............61  57  66  60  53  45  47  48
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..17  17  17  17  18  21  25  26
20 FT wind gust.30  30  30  32  33  36  37  36
SDsp kt-ft/1000.25  29  36  58  65  101 62  45

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....7-11.
Max humidity........55-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 15 to 23 mph with gusts to around 32
                    mph decreasing to 9 to 13 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
 Ridgetop...........West around 45 mph decreasing to around 30 mph
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    800 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 29 mph decreasing to 16 to 18 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (33900 knot-ft early in the evening
                    decreasing to 11300 knot-ft late in the night).

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38  34  30  37  33  29  29  29  12  12  12  25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............23  21  18  16  15  14  13  12  11  11  10  11
RH..............53  55  56  57  57  57  57  56  55  53  51  49
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..23  19  15  13  11  11  11  11  10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.32  30  26  25  22  20  20  20  18  18  18  16
SDsp kt-ft/1000.34  23  18  16  15  15  15  14  13  13  12  11

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....25-29.
Min humidity........35-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West around 30 mph decreasing to around 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    2900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 24 mph shifting to the northwest 16
                    to 25 mph in the afternoon, then shifting to
                    the west around 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (64700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........25        41        42        50
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............11        16        25        26
RH..............48        43        38        40
20 FT wind......W 9G16    W 10G17   W 11G21   W 9G17
SDsp kt-ft/1000.9         22        65        50

$$
Forecaster...Tesar
Requested by...Tyrus Garrett
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/04/25
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.EMAIL tyrus.garrett@usda.gov