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Spot Forecast for Cowen...MT-BDC
National Weather Service Billings MT
219 AM MDT Mon Aug 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 24. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny skies and dry conditions will prevail over the fire 
site today. Westerly winds will dominate. RH readings will recover
above 50% tonight with variable winds in the evening becoming 
lighter and terrain driven late. West to northwest winds should 
prevail on Tuesday. There is a good chance of measurable rainfall 
Tuesday with scattered showers and isolated thunder. However, the 
chance of wetting rainfall will remain quite low (<5%). BT


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Patchy smoke in the morning. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Max temperature.....59-63. 
Min humidity........24-30 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........ 
 Slope/valley.......West winds 7 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 
                    mph. 
 Ridgetop...........West around 15 mph. 
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to 
                    8100 ft AGL in the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....West around 16 mph. 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. 
CWR.................0 percent. 
Chance of lightning.0 percent. 
Min temperature.....42-46. 
Max humidity........53-62 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........ 
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph with gusts to around 
                    17 mph shifting to the south 5 to 7 mph 
                    overnight. 
 Ridgetop...........West around 5-15 mph. 
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL early in the evening decreasing to 
                    400 ft AGL overnight. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 9 mph. 

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight 
                    chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
CWR.................4 percent. 
Chance of lightning.21 percent. 
Max temperature.....58-65. 
Min humidity........34-42 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........ 
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds up to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic 
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the 
                    afternoon. 
 Ridgetop...........West around 10-15 mph. 
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to 
                    7200 ft AGL in the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....West around 9 mph. 

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Forecaster...Tesar
Requested by...Amber Olson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/24/26
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.EMAIL forrester.white17@gmail.com,mtbdc@firenet.gov