321
FNUS75 KBYZ 170238
FWSBYZ
SPOT FORECAST FOR BACK LOOP...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
738 PM MST MON FEB 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 MST ON FEBRUARY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH
THIS FORECAST.
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM
MST TUESDAY...
DISCUSSION
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SURFACING MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS DESCENDING
THE NORTHERN BIGHORNS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THESE
WINDS ARE TOUGH TO PREDICT AND ARE TYPICALLY ERRATIC, SO EXPECT
FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN LIGHTER WINDS AND PERIODIC STRONG GUSTS.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 2AM TONIGHT THROUGH
11AM TUESDAY. THEN, A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE
WEST/NORTHWEST WITH STEADIER GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS COULD REACH 55 MPH TOMORROW. OTHERWISE,
EXPECT SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE MORNING, AND LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DESPITE FALLING TEMPERATURES.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING, THEN
INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH. GUSTS TO
40 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 2AM.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10-15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
20-30 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 25
MPH OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN ISOLATED SNOW
AFTERNOON SNOW SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58. TEMPS FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 45 MPH IN THE MORNING. SHIFTING WEST
BY MIDDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST 25-35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH SHIFTING WEST. GUSTS
40 TO 50 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH SHIFTING WEST.
FORECASTER...LESTER
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMANDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2602869.0/BYZ
.DELDT 02/16/26
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