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Spot Forecast for Hunter SHG Pile Burn...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
230 PM MDT Wed Mar 19 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 MDT on March 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Rapid snowmelt is not expected over the next 7 days. This weekend
should have little snowmelt, warming temperatures the middle of
next week should lead to increased snow melt but nothing
significant expected. Light snow chances Thursday and Friday are
expected to remain under 3 inches. Torgerson

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....26-30.
Min humidity........56-60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East 6 to 10 mph gusting to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 15 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (21200 knot-ft early in the morning
                    increasing to 26900 knot-ft in the afternoon).

TIME (MDT)      2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........10        10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............25        27
RH..............60        57
20 FT wind......NE 6G14   NE 5G10
SDsp kt-ft/1000.27        22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....14-18.
Max humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West increasing to 8 to 12 mph gusting to 20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 700 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph increasing to west
                    around 20 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16100 knot-ft early in the evening
                    decreasing to 7600 knot-ft late in the night).

TIME (MDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........15        7         7         28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............24        16        18        18
RH..............60        55        45        40
20 FT wind......NW 5G8    W 6G11    W 9G14    W 10G17
SDsp kt-ft/1000.16        9         10        14

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers early
                    in the afternoon. Chance of snow showers late
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....31-35.
Min humidity........33-37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 10 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph
                    early in the morning then 31 mph in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West around 35 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 29 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (169900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........62        63        57        80
Weather cov.....                    SLIGHT    CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      SNSHWR    SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Temp............20        27        31        33
RH..............41        39        35        35
20 FT wind......W 11G13   W 13G20   SW 17G25  W 20G30
SDsp kt-ft/1000.13        16        85        157

$$
Forecaster...Lester/Torgerson
Requested by...Weakland
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2507135.0/BYZ
.DELDT 03/19/25
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.EMAIL matthew.weakland@usda.gov