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Spot Forecast for Tick...BDC
National Weather Service Billings MT
329 AM MDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Look for mostly sunny skies today with little if any chance of
precipitation. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s and minimum
humidity will be a little lower than yesterday. Light winds in the
morning will switch to predominately northerly winds 5 to 10 mph.
There is a modest chance of showers/thunderstorms in the evening.
Best chance is between 7 pm and 10 pm. Stronger cells will
produce heavy rain and erratic winds (40-50 mph). Winds will
otherwise be northeast in the evening turning southwest late.

Sunday looks hot with minimum humidity dropping a little lower.
There is a chance for afternoon thunderstorms with heavy rain and
strong erratic winds. BT

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....94-98.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Variable or light south winds early, shifting to the
                    north 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    7800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of lightning.13 percent.
Min temperature.....66-70.
Max humidity........70-78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest overnight.
 Ridgetop...........West around 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to
                    400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly Sunny. Slight chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....96-100.
Min humidity........18-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty erratic wind near storms.
 Ridgetop...........West around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to
                    9700 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.

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Forecaster...Tesar
Requested by...Amber
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/18/26
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.EMAIL mtbdc@firenet.gov