FNUS75 KBYZ 012014 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for Red grade piles...USFS-BHF National Weather Service Billings MT 114 PM MST Sun Nov 1 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on November 02. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Cold, snowy, and windy Monday. Half a foot of snow expected, with a 30% chance for more than 1 foot through Monday night. Winds will be strongest Monday morning and afternoon. Conditions trend warmer and drier Tuesday under mostly light winds and this pattern will continue through at least Thursday. The next most likely chance (30%) for precipitation is the end of the week. .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Blowing snow. Snow showers in the morning, then chance of snow showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................95 percent. Chance of lightning.Less than 5 percent. Max temperature.....28-32. Min humidity........86-90 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph late in the afternoon with gusts up to 30 mph. Ridgetop...........Northwest 40 to 50 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 1800 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 30 to 40 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (24400 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (45000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. TIME (MST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........99 98 98 97 97 96 96 96 96 95 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY CHC CHC Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Temp............26 28 30 30 31 31 32 32 31 30 RH..............100 100 96 89 87 86 86 86 86 87 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..18 20 18 15 15 15 14 12 10 8 20 FT wind gust.40 46 40 36 36 36 34 30 28 25 SDsp kt-ft/1000.40 45 43 42 45 44 41 36 32 28 .MONDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers early in the evening. CWR.................15 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....21-25. Max humidity........90-94 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 8 mph overnight. Ridgetop...........Northwest 20 to 30 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 20 overnight. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 30 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16000 knot-ft early in the evening decreasing to 4500 knot-ft late in the night). TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........95 95 83 83 83 38 38 38 24 24 24 33 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH Weather type....SW SW SW Temp............27 27 28 27 26 26 25 25 24 23 23 23 RH..............88 89 90 87 86 85 84 79 79 78 78 75 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.20 20 11 11 11 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 SDsp kt-ft/1000.16 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent.Max temperature.....46-50. Min humidity........41-45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning becoming light. Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 1700 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft early in the morning increasing to 7900 knot-ft in the afternoon). TIME (MST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........33 20 11 9 Temp............23 31 48 44 RH..............72 61 42 48 20 FT wind......SW 5G8 SW 6G10 NW 3G6 E 3G7 SDsp kt-ft/1000.5 5 8 6 $$ Forecaster...Archer Requested by...Trae Holliday Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2624995.0/BYZ .DELDT 11/01/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL trae.holliday@usda.gov