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Spot Forecast for Hyalite Landing Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
426 PM MST Tue Nov 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on November 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

A ridge of high pressure is expected to remain over the region through
Wednesday and most of Thursday. Weak troughing looks to bring unsettled
weather late Thursday into Friday. Currently, a 10% CWR exists for this
event. Winds will mainly remain terrain driven through the period with
minRHs in the 45-55% range.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....44-48.
Min humidity........53-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........North around 8 mph shifting to the south late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  34  34  31  37  23  16  12  7   20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............29  35  40  43  44  45  46  44  42  38
RH..............64  61  56  55  57  57  57  59  66  72
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  NW  N   N   N   N   NW  SW  S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.4   4   4   5   6   6   6   5   4   4

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....25-29.
Max humidity........70-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds at 4 to 8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 200 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South at 7 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20  20  16  16  16  13  13  13  12  12  12  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............34  33  32  32  32  32  31  31  31  30  30  28
RH..............72  72  72  72  69  70  69  66  64  64  65  68
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..2   2   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.4   4   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   8   8   10

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....45-49.
Min humidity........54-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South 7 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 2600 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........11        16        22        48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of ltng (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............29        33        46        44
RH..............70        68        54        62
20 FT wind......S 6G10    S 6G11    S 4G6     W 5G10

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Forecaster...Stetzer
Requested by...James Ray
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/03/26
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.EMAIL james.m.ray@usda.gov