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Spot Forecast for Battle Ridge Incident...Forest Service
National Weather Service Billings MT
311 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MDT on August 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Showers and thunderstorms are expected through around 6 PM. Some
storms are expected to be severe with damaging winds greater than
70 mph and hail greater than 1 inch being possible. A weak cold
front moves through bringing slightly cooler temperatures and
drier conditions for Monday. Torgerson

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe
                    with damaging winds and large hail.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of lightning.90 percent.
Max temperature.....78-82.
Min humidity........27-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts to
                    around 33 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 35 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8700 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 35 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Patchy smoke overnight.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.11 percent.
Min temperature.....48-52.
Max humidity........64-68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Winds becoming light and terrain driven overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Patchy smoke through the day.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....74-78.
Min humidity........17-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 6 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in
                    the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7100 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 20 mph.

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Forecaster...Torgerson
Requested by...IC trainee Page
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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