FNUS75 KBYZ 071152 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for East Side Fire...Carbon County MT National Weather Service Billings MT 552 AM MDT Thu May 7 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on May 07. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Rounds of showers and a few thunderstorms will impact the fire site today. Showers will produce locally moderate rainfall and the overall chance of wetting rain is 50%. The probability of receiving up to a half inch of rain is about 20%. Also, any stronger shower will have the ability to produce erratic wind gusts to 40 mph, otherwise breezy NW-N winds will prevail today. Snow levels will be near 9500 feet and the higher mountain tops will be frequently obscured. Friday is looking dry and warmer. Scattered showers are in store for Saturday. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning, then numerous showers and a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. Erratic wind gusts to 40 mph near storms. CWR.................40 percent. Chance of lightning.20 percent. Max temperature.....50-54. Min humidity........40-44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest to west 5-10 mph early, becoming northwest to north 10-15 mph by 10am. Afternoon gusts to 25 mph. Ridgetop...........Northwest 15-25 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 6000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 20 mph. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy with numerous showers and a few thunderstorms in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Erratic wind gusts to 40 mph near storms until 9pm. CWR.................25 percent. Chance of lightning.20 percent. Min temperature.....36-40. Max humidity........80-85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest to north 10-20 mph in the evening, becoming downslope/downvalley 4-8 mph overnight. Ridgetop...........Northwest 10-20 mph decreasing to 10 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest 18 mph decreasing to west 8 mph. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Scattered afternoon cumulus. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of lightning.5 percent. Max temperature.....55-59. Min humidity........29-33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Downslope/downvalley 3-7 mph early, becoming north 6-12 mph by noon. Afternoon gusts to 18 mph. Ridgetop...........West to northwest 10-15 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 5500 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 mph. $$ Forecaster...Lester Requested by...Billings Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2611877.9/BYZ .DELDT 05/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mtbdc@firenet.gov,callen@carbonmt.gov,douglas.zimmer@usda.gov