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Spot Forecast for Lonesomewoood RX...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
243 AM MDT Wed Sep 16 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on September 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

The burn area has about a 5-10% chance of seeing a shower from an
approaching weather system late afternoon into the evening. The
chance for showers and thunderstorms increases Thursday morning into
the afternoon. The CWR Thursday is about 35%, increasing to around 85%
Friday and 65% Saturday. The chance for at least half an inch of
precipitation Thursday night through Saturday night is about 50%.
There is some uncertainty on if precipitation sticks around into
Sunday, but Monday does look to be dry. Tuesday and Wednesday hold
about a 10% chance for precipitation.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.1 percent.
Max temperature.....70-74.
Min humidity........23-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8100 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast at 5 mph becoming southwest at 12 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   9   13  3   0   6   2   2   6   6   5   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............38  36  38  43  53  58  64  69  70  71  72  69
RH..............66  66  66  63  49  41  35  30  28  27  28  30
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   2   1   1   2   4   5   5   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain showers early in
                    the morning.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.6 percent.
Min temperature.....39-43.
Max humidity........74-78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........37  42  53  28  23  42  26  32  44  75  66  62
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10
Temp............67  64  58  54  52  51  50  48  47  46  45  45
RH..............33  42  47  54  57  61  65  71  74  76  77  79
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   N   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   2

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the
                    morning, then rain showers likely and chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................35 percent.
Chance of lightning.25 percent.
Max temperature.....67-71.
Min humidity........53-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south up to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5700 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph becoming south at 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........81        71        76        76
Weather cov.....          CHANCE    LIKELY    LIKELY
Weather type....NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                    S CHC     CHANCE
Chc of ltng (%).0         10        20        30
Temp............44        47        63        67
RH..............81        84        61        55
20 FT wind......N 2G4     NE 2G5    S 3G6     S 3G6

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...
Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy with showers likely and chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 60s.

$$
Forecaster...Stetzer
Requested by...Chris Enriquez
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2621360.7/BYZ
.DELDT 09/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tyler.kuhn@usda.gov,christian.enriquez@usda.gov,nicholas.nelson@usda.gov