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Spot Forecast for Boxelder...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
933 PM MDT Mon Jul 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 MDT on July 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Hot and mostly dry conditions are forecast over the site through
Tuesday. Light winds and good recoveries are expected tonight. The
chance for storms will begin increasing by 10 AM MDT Tuesday,
lasting through the afternoon and evening. The primary concerns
with any storms with be erratic wind gusts to 50 mph, lightning,
and brief heavy rainfall. Smoke across the region may keep high
temperatures a bit lower and minimum RH values a bit higher in the
afternoon. Look for east to southeast winds gusting into the
teens Tuesday afternoon as well. Matos

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Min temperature.....63-67.
Max humidity........69-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 4 to 8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest up to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 11 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Areas of smoke through the day.
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
beginning by 10 AM MDT. Erratic wind gusts
expected near thunderstorms.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.15 percent.
Max temperature.....94-98.
Min humidity........18-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east
to southeast 6 to 11 mph with gusts to around
18 mph in the afternoon. Erratic wind gusts
expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Becoming east around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 10400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.

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