Suppression Forecast
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Spot Forecast for Titan RX...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
535 AM MST Sat Nov 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on November 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Warm and dry conditions will prevail over the burn site today
with south to southwest winds. Winds increase a bit tonight, ahead
of a weak disturbance that will bring increasing clouds on Sunday.
Moderate RH recoveries can be expected overnight tonight.
Southerly winds will continue on Sunday, eventually shifting
around to the northeast Sunday evening.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....52-56.
Min humidity........29-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South to southwest 4 to 8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South to southwest 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft early in the morning
                    increasing to 7000 knot-ft in the afternoon).
Haines index........3.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  33  26  23  21  16  14  13  11  10
Temp............33  37  40  45  50  51  54  53  52  49
RH..............65  59  55  45  35  34  31  29  33  39
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
20 FT wind gust.7   6   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/10002   2   3   4   6   6   7   4   2   2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Min temperature.....31-35.
Max humidity........64-68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 16 mph
                    after midnight.
 Ridgetop...........South to southwest 8 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 600 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6000 knot-ft early in the evening
                    decreasing to 2800 knot-ft late in the night).

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12  16  18  17  14  13  14  17  18  22  29  33
Temp............46  44  43  41  41  40  38  38  38  36  36  36
RH..............44  48  49  53  54  54  59  60  61  61  63  64
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   6   8   9   9   9   10  10  10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.6   10  12  13  13  14  15  16  16  15  13  13
SDspl kt-ft/10003   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   6   5   5   5

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1...no thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....49-53.
Min humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 12 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South to southwest 7 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    1200 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft early in the morning
                    increasing to 11400 knot-ft in the afternoon).
Haines index........3.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........42        73        84        81
Temp............34        40        48        50
RH..............64        60        45        41
20 FT wind......S 8G12    S 7G12    S 6G10    S 4G7
SDspl kt-ft/10005         4         11        6

$$
Forecaster...Palmquist
Requested by...Shawn Gettings
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2425923.4/BYZ
.DELDT 11/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sgettings@blm.gov