Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
Issued by NWS Billings, MT
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Spot Forecast for BMW Unit 22N Pile Burn...USFS Bozeman RD
National Weather Service Billings MT
325 AM MDT Fri Oct 30 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Skies will see considerable cloudiness today, but no
precipitation is expected during the daytime hours. Winds will be
light early and terrain driven...turning southeast in the
afternoon and picking up a bit. Winds may be breezy in the evening
hours with slight chance of gusts over 15 mph. RH readings should
remain above 40%. RH will rebound well overnight into Saturday
with some isolated to scattered showers moving into the vicinity
of the burn late tonight.
Saturday...look for southerly winds early, turning northerly in
the morning but remaining under 15 mph. Chance of wetting rain is
about 10-15% fior Saturday. Better chance of wetting rain is
starts Sunday as weather system crosses region. BT
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....50-54.
Min humidity........43-47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Mainly southeast winds 5-10 mph.
Ridgetop...........South around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
3400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph.
TIME (MDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92 86 75 69 65 61 51 60 59 62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............33 33 37 42 46 48 49 51 49 47
RH..............78 78 64 54 50 49 46 45 46 53
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE E E SE S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 4 4 6 7 7 6 4
20 FT wind gust.7 8 6 6 7 10 11 13 11 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain
showers after 3 am.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....33-37.
Max humidity........90-94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south and possibly breezy 8-13 mph in the evening
with gusts into the mid or upper teens possible...backing off overnight.
Ridgetop............Southwest around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 10 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........61 62 71 57 46 42 38 28 35 35 40 68
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............45 41 41 41 40 40 41 39 39 38 38 37
RH..............63 68 68 71 73 74 75 79 79 79 75 75
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..4 5 8 10 10 6 6 5 5 4 4 4
20 FT wind gust.8 10 12 18 17 10 10 8 8 7 7 7
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of morning snow showers.
Chance of rain showers through the day.
CWR.................12 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....44-48.
Min humidity........66-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds turning northerly 5-10 mph.
Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
1800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 6 mph shifting to the west 5 to 7
mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........95 93 77 71
Weather cov.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC
Weather type....RNSN RNSN RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0
Temp............36 36 44 45
RH..............79 92 68 68
20 FT wind......S 4 N 5 NW 5G10 N 7G13
$$
Forecaster...Tesar
Requested by...MBalkind
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/30/26
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.EMAIL mikaela.balkind@usda.gov