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Spot Forecast for Barrel Creek...USWFS

National Weather Service Billings MT

858 AM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026



Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on August 04. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



Please contact our office if you have questions

or concerns with this forecast.



.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will remain below average today even with continued 

dry conditions. This evening there is a slight chance (10%) for a 

stray shower or thunderstorm nearby. Overnight winds will shift to

southeast where a ridgetop gust to 20 mph is not out of the 

question. Wednesday, winds become light and variable with the 

transport winds primarily winds out of the SW. A return of the 80s

for highs and low teens Min RH is also forecast. WMR





.REST OF TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny with haze. 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Max temperature.....70-73. 

Min humidity........18-22 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. 

 Ridgetop...........West around 15 mph. 

Mixing height.......Increasing to 7700 ft AGL in the afternoon. 

Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph. 



.TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Partly Cloudy. Slight chance of showers and 

                    thunderstorms in the evening. 

CWR.................5 percent. 

Chance of lightning.5 percent. 

Min temperature.....49-53. 

Max humidity........46-51 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......North winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after 

                    midnight.

 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 15 mph. 

Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight. 

Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 



.WEDNESDAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny. 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Max temperature.....79-83. 

Min humidity........12-16 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Light, terrain driven, winds. 

 Ridgetop...........West around 5 mph. 

Mixing height.......Increasing to 11000 ft AGL in the afternoon.

Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph. 



$$

Forecaster...Mckeown-Robbie/Archer

Requested by...Kelsey

Type of request...WILDFIRE

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.DELDT 08/04/26

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