FNUS75 KBYZ 051211 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for East Side Fire...Carbon County MT National Weather Service Billings MT 611 AM MDT Tue May 5 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on May 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... An unstable northerly flow will bring brisk north winds (gusts to 35 mph) and frequent snow showers today, especially during the afternoon and evening. Look for 2-4" of accumulation, reduced visibility and obscured mountain tops. Snow showers will taper off late tonight and be followed by a dry and warmer Wednesday. The next weather system is expected to bring showers and a possible thunderstorm Thursday and Thursday night, with much higher snow levels (above 8500 feet). .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers in the morning, then snow showers becoming more widespread and intense in the afternoon. CWR.................50 percent. Chance of lightning.5 percent. Max temperature.....30-34. Min humidity........50-54 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North 10-20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Ridgetop...........North 20-30 mph gusting to 35 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 5500 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North 25 mph. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy overnight. CWR.................35 percent. Chance of lightning.5 percent. Min temperature.....16-20. Max humidity........80-84 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North 10-20 mph gusting to 25 in the evening, becoming downslope/downvalley 4-8 mph overnight. Ridgetop...........North 10-20 mph becoming northwest. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 100 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....North 18 mph becoming west 6 mph overnight. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....43-47. Min humidity........24-28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Downslope/downvalley early, becoming northwest to north 6-12 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........Northwest around 15 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 4000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 mph. $$ Forecaster...Lester Requested by...Billings Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2611877.7/BYZ .DELDT 05/05/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mtbdc@firenet.gov,douglas.zimmer@usda.gov,callen@carbonmt.gov