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Spot Forecast for Meadow Draw...Sheridan County
National Weather Service Billings MT
622 AM MDT Sun Jun 7 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on June 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Expect light northwest winds early to shift to the southeast by
noon, which will prevail until a strong cold front arrives around
5-6pm. Post-frontal NW winds will gust up to 40 mph this evening.
In addition to this frontal passage, scattered thunderstorms after
2pm will have the potential to produce strong/erratic wind gusts,
hail and heavy rain. Gusts in excess of 50 mph are possible near
any strong storms and this will need to be watched today. Expect
winds to decrease and skies to clear late tonight. Monday is
looking drier and warm with winds becoming southeasterly again.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny in the morning then increasing
                    clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon, beginning around 2pm. Some
                    thunderstorms may be severe and produce large
                    hail, strong/erratic winds and heavy rain.
CWR.................25 percent.
Chance of lightning.30 percent.
Max temperature.....82-86.
Min humidity........22-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest 6-12 mph becoming southeast by
                    noon. Gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 10-15 mph becoming southeast by noon.
                    Afternoon gusts to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 15 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms until 10pm, then becoming
                    partly cloudy. Some storms may be severe
                    and produce strong/erratic winds.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Min temperature.....43-47.
Max humidity........64-68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest 20-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph in
                    the evening, becoming southwest 5-10 mph
                    overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 30-40 mph becoming southwest to west
                    10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 30 mph decreasing to 8 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....82-86.
Min humidity........15-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast to south 5-15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast 10-15 mph. Afternoon gusts to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 9500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Lester
Requested by...Chris Thomas
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615101.1/BYZ
.DELDT 06/07/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cthomas@sheridancountywy.gov, pbaumgarten@blm.gov, wycpc@firenet.gov