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Spot Forecast for Babione Piles RX...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
1054 AM MST Mon Nov 24 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on November 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Expect gusty northwest winds across the area Tuesday morning
along with a few passing snow showers. The snow shower activity and gusty winds
should gradually taper off by late Tuesday morning into Tuesday
afternoon as drier air moves into region along with weak surface
high pressure. A weak system moves in during the day on Wednesday
bringing medium chances for snow showers to the area.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Patchy blowing snow in the
                    morning. Slight chance of snow showers in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....22-26.
Min humidity........41-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 18 mph with gusts to
                    around 26 mph shifting to the west 5 to 8 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 30 mph becoming west around 15
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    4500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (82700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........40  42  32  26  25  23  23  23  25  25  25  28
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............11  10  11  15  18  21  23  23  23  21  19  17
RH..............74  78  71  59  50  44  41  40  42  45  48  52
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..18  18  17  17  16  13  13  13  11  11  11  5
20 FT wind gust.26  26  23  23  22  18  18  18  16  16  16  10
SDsp kt-ft/1000.17  32  36  50  63  72  80  83  75  52  27  11

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....8-12.
Max humidity........60-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds up to 6 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........28  28  52  52  52  61  61  61  63  63  63  75
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............16  15  14  13  13  12  11  11  11  12  13  15
RH..............54  55  56  57  57  57  57  57  57  58  60  61
20 FT wind dir..W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  8   8   8   8   8   8   10

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....30-34.
Min humidity........49-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds up to 6 mph becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    3100 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (52500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........75        79        70        71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............16        21        30        30
RH..............62        60        52        57
20 FT wind......SW 6G10   W 5G10    W 5G10    W 5G11
SDsp kt-ft/1000.8         16        48        34

$$
Forecaster...Wetenkamp
Requested by...Luke Rietfors
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526580.0/BYZ
.DELDT 11/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lukas.Rietfors@usda.gov