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Spot Forecast for Horsethief Piles...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
542 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MST on February 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Resending the spot with a corrected email. The forecast remains the same.

Calm and dry conditions will prevail over the site today and
tomorrow. A disturbance will bring increasing westerly winds, this
afternoon. The only impacts that will have is increased surface
and ridgetop winds. Expect winds to diminish through the day on
Thursday. Matos

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....5-9.
Min humidity........63-67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusts 12-15 mph
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 25-30 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (MST)      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........56        24        28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............-13       -1        7
RH..............77        71        65
20 FT wind......SW 2G4    SW 4G7    SW 5G10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....7 below-11 below zero.
Max humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 8 to 13 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 25 to 30 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 17 mph.

TIME (MST)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........15        24        23        22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............-2        -8        -9        -7
RH..............67        67        68        65
20 FT wind......SW 8G12   SW 8G12   SW 11G17  SW 13G16

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Becoming partly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....19-23.
Min humidity........54-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West 20 to 25 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 21 mph decreasing to 8 to 10
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........12        22        33        56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............-7        1         16        20
RH..............63        62        58        61
20 FT wind......SW 12G17  SW 9G16   SW 8G16   SW 6G11

$$
Forecaster...Matos/Tesar
Requested by...David Day
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/12/25
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.EMAIL dday@blm.gov,rmgriffin@blm.gov