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Spot Forecast for BMW Landing Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
238 PM MST Mon Nov 2 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather with persistent light winds are expected at the burn
site Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds will be terrain-driven, and even
at ridgetops winds should remain under 10 mph. Daytime mixing
will be limited. The next chance of light precipitation is
Thursday night (15% chance).

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (some high clouds).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....46-50.
Min humidity........45-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Upslope/upvalley 3-8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North 5-8 mph shifting to the east.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1000 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 5 mph.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   15  12  18  27  35  42  50  47  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............25  32  38  42  45  46  48  46  43  39
RH..............67  66  59  53  50  49  48  51  55  60
20 FT wind dir..S   SE  SE  E   E   NE  NE  NE  N   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   4   4   5   5   5   4   3   2
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   6   7   8   7   6   4   5

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (high clouds).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....26-30.
Max humidity........61-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast to south around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 200 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South 4 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........44  44  53  49  52  48  43  43  41  41  41  49
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............35  33  33  33  32  32  31  30  30  29  28  29
RH..............63  63  63  63  62  63  62  61  58  60  60  58
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   SW  W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.4   4   5   6   6   6   6   6   4   4   4   4

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (some high clouds).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....46-50.
Min humidity........42-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Upslope/upvalley 3-8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast to east 4-8 mph shifting to the south
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 5 mph.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........49        39        30        25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............29        33        46        48
RH..............59        52        46        44
20 FT wind......SW 2      S 2       E 2G4     NE 3G6

$$
Forecaster...Lester
Requested by...James Ray
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625061.0/BYZ
.DELDT 11/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL james.m.ray@usda.gov,Andre.Ray@usda.gov