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Spot Forecast for Babione Creek RX...USFS
National Weather Service Billings MT
826 AM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on December 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Snow will taper off this morning into early afternoon. Additional
snow accumulation this morning should be an inch or less.
Northwest winds will gust to 15 mph at times today which could
move some of the snow around a bit. Expect clearing skies by late
afternoon. Mostly clear and dry tonight with increasing westerly
winds and cloud cover in the overnight period. West winds continue
Thursday with occasional gusts to 20 mph. light snow moves back
into the area late afternoon and continues through the evening
hours. Probabilities for more than an inch are low for this brief
event at around 20 percent. Chambers


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy then becoming mostly sunny by late
                    afternoon. Light snow likely through 10am,
                    diminishing through mid day. Patchy blowing
                    snow.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....22-26.
Min humidity........56-60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph occasional gust to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 12 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    3600 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (11500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (68600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........71  66  74  64  60  57  59  46  40  14
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............11  15  18  21  22  22  24  22  20  17
RH..............87  76  69  65  64  60  58  59  62  68
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   9   9   9   8   8   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  14  14  14  14  13  12  11
SDsp kt-ft/1000.12  34  47  58  68  69  58  49  16  12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Increasing clouds overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....8-12.
Max humidity........69-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 12 mph with occasional
                    gusts to 20 mph after 9pm.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......decreasing to 800 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (15800 knot-ft early in the evening
                    decreasing to 10500 knot-ft late in the night).

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20  20  17  18  24  30  27  35  43  51  58  56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............15  12  13  12  13  12  11  12  13  13  14  14
RH..............69  71  70  71  68  70  71  70  68  67  68  66
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   10  10  11  11  12  12  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  16  16  17  17  18  18  18  18  18
SDsp kt-ft/1000.12  11  11  11  13  14  14  15  16  16  14  15

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow likely late in the afternoon.
CWR.................15 percent late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....28-32.
Min humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 8 to 14 mph with occasional gusts to
                    20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 18 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (14100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (49400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........55        46        62        84
Weather cov.....                              LKY
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............14        21        29        28
RH..............70        62        52        56
20 FT wind......W 13G18   W 11G16   W 10G16   W 8G18
SDsp kt-ft/1000.14        20        46        41

$$
Forecaster...Chambers
Requested by...James Freeman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 12/03/25
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.EMAIL james.freeman2@usda.gov