Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
879 FNUS75 KBYZ 301150 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for South Stocker RX...USFS National Weather Service Billings MT 550 AM MDT Tue Apr 30 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on April 30. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Nearby Raws stations show 0.03-0.10 inches of rain fell overnight. Today will be dry and windy at the burn site, with well-mixed northwest wind gusts up to 35 mph through midday. Gusts will decrease to 25 mph this afternoon, then winds will become much lighter by sunset. Expect afternoon humidity to drop to near 20%. Wednesday will see less wind, higher RHs and a slight chance of rain and snow showers. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Increasing clouds by late afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Max temperature.....52-56. Min humidity........19-23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......West to northwest 15-25 mph. Gusts near 35 mph through midday. Ridgetop...........West to northwest 20-30 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the morning, decreasing to 15-25 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 10000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....West to northwest 25 mph. Haines index........3. TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Temp............40 43 47 49 50 53 54 54 54 RH..............68 54 43 33 29 24 22 21 22 20 FT wind dir..NW NW W NW W NW W W W 20 FT wind spd..21 22 23 24 24 22 21 18 17 20 FT wind gust.32 34 34 34 32 30 28 26 23 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Min temperature.....29-33. Max humidity........62-67 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest 6-12 mph. Gusts to 20 mph until sunset. Ridgetop...........Northwest 15-20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 20 mph decreasing to around 8 mph. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Temp............53 51 47 44 41 39 38 36 34 33 32 31 RH..............23 26 31 37 41 45 49 52 57 61 63 65 20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW 20 FT wind spd..12 11 10 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 20 FT wind gust.20 17 14 11 11 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain and snow showers. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Max temperature.....52-56. Min humidity........25-29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest 6-12 mph. Ridgetop...........Northwest 10-15 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 8000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 mph. Haines index........3. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSN RNSN RNSN RN Tstm cov........ Temp............31 40 47 53 RH..............67 56 38 28 20 FT wind......NW 6G10 NW 9G13 NW 11G16 NW 11G16 $$ Forecaster...Lester Requested by...Cody S Phillips Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412752.0/BYZ .DELDT 04/30/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cody.phillips2@usda.gov