FNUS75 KBYZ 220950 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for South Stocker RX...USFS National Weather Service Billings MT 350 AM MDT Mon Apr 22 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on April 22. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. ...Gusty northwest winds will humidity near 20 percent today... .DISCUSSION... It will be windy and dry today. Northwest winds will gust 24 to 32 mph. Humidity will fall to around 20 percent. Winds will stay gusty in the early evening as humidity recovers. Winds will decrease overnight. Today will be cooler compared to Sunday with highs in the upper 50s to near 60. Winds will be lighter on Wednesday and turn to the east by afternoon. Humidity will be higher too, with east winds and high temperatures will be similar to today. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Max temperature.....55-60. Min humidity........18-23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 16 to 24 mph with gusts to around 32 mph. Ridgetop...........West around 35 mph. Mixing height.......Around 600 ft AGL early in the morning, increasing to around 8500 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph in the morning, increasing to around 32 mph in the afternoon. Haines index........3. TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........7 6 4 3 3 4 4 8 16 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............41 45 48 51 53 54 55 56 57 RH..............45 40 35 30 27 25 24 22 21 20 FT wind dir..NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..16 16 18 18 18 20 20 22 22 20 FT wind gust.26 26 28 28 28 30 30 32 32 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Min temperature.....29-34. Max humidity........63-68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 12 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the evening, shifting to the west 6 to 14 mph overnight. Ridgetop...........Northwest around 30 mph. Mixing height.......Around 8500 ft AGL early in the evening, decreasing to around 400 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest around 30 mph in the evening, decreasing to around 15 mph overnight. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........20 22 25 27 26 23 22 20 18 17 15 12 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............56 53 49 45 44 42 40 38 38 35 34 33 RH..............21 26 32 36 39 43 46 48 50 56 59 61 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..22 18 16 13 12 12 12 11 10 9 8 8 20 FT wind gust.32 28 22 17 16 17 17 16 14 13 12 12 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1...no thunderstorms. Max temperature.....57-62. Min humidity........23-28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 8 to 16 mph in the morning, shifting to the northeast 6 to 14 mph early afternoon, then shifting to the east late afternoon. Ridgetop...........Northwest around 15 mph. Mixing height.......Around 400 ft AGL early in the morning, increasing to around 7000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph in the morning, shifting to the east in the afternoon. Haines index........2. TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........10 11 27 40 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............32 41 53 57 RH..............63 47 33 26 20 FT wind......W 8G12 NW 8G12 N 6G10 NE 6G10 $$ Forecaster...Humphrey Requested by...Cody S Phillips Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2411656.0/BYZ .DELDT 04/22/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cody.phillips2@usda.gov