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Spot Forecast for BMW Landing Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
648 AM MDT Wed Oct 28 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on October 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Today will be partly sunny and dry with mixed SW-W winds gusting
20-30 mph on the upper slopes and ridges. Expect mixed winds to
develop by 11am. Winds at the valley bottom will be terrain driven
and lighter. Winds will decrease in the early evening. There is
no chance of precipitation over the next 24 hours.

.TODAY...

CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....43-47.
Min humidity........38-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light downslope/downvalley 3-7 mph early, then
                    southwest to west 10-20 mph after 11am. Gusts to
                    25 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 15-25 mph gusting to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 mph.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............28  30  35  41  44  45  45  44  43  41
RH..............72  69  63  50  45  40  40  42  45  50
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SW  W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..3   4   6   10  13  16  15  14  12  10
20 FT wind gust.7   8   10  17  18  25  24  23  20  18

.TONIGHT...

CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....24-28.
Max humidity........74-78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest to west 10-15 mph gusting to 20 mph
                    early in the evening, then downslope/downvalley
                    4-8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 10-20 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............39  35  33  32  31  31  30  29  28  27  26  26
RH..............54  60  63  66  69  65  69  70  69  66  70  75
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..10  10  7   6   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   3
20 FT wind gust.17  15  12  10  9   8   8   7   7   7   7   6

$$
Forecaster...Lester
Requested by...Andre Ray
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624689.0/BYZ
.DELDT 10/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL andre.ray@usda.gov,james.m.ray@usda.gov