FNUS75 KBYZ 121303 FWSBYZ Spot Forecast for Elk Creek Piles RX...USFS National Weather Service Billings MT 603 AM MST Fri Dec 12 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on December 12. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Snow will continue over the burn site today, gradually decreasing late in the afternoon into the evening. Easterly winds will prevail. A weak disturbance passing to the north will keep a chance for light snow through Saturday morning. The nearby Otter Mesonet station shows around 2 inches of snow accumulation as of 6am. Additional snow amounts from today through tonight are forecast to range from 2 to 4 inches. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow. Snow begins decreasing late in the afternoon. CWR.................80 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....12-16. Min humidity........80-85 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North to northeast winds 5 to 11 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........North to northeast 6 to 12 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL early in the morning increasing to 1100 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....East to northeast around 10 mph. TIME (MST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........94 95 93 93 94 93 91 90 90 86 Weather cov.....LKY DEF LKY CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............10 9 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 14 RH..............88 94 93 93 91 89 87 85 87 90 20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.11 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. CWR.................15 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....5-9. Max humidity........90-95 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming north to northeast 6 to 12 mph late in the night. Ridgetop...........North to northeast 6 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 200 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....East to northeast around 10 mph. TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........83 84 86 84 80 74 80 79 80 88 89 94 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............13 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 17 16 15 RH..............93 93 92 91 91 89 89 89 93 86 89 88 20 FT wind dir..E SE SE SE E E E E NE NE N N 20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy then becoming partly sunny. Chance of snow in the morning. CWR.................10 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....20-24. Min humidity........70-75 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast late in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........North 6 to 12 mph becoming southeast 7 to 14 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 1000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North around 10 mph becoming southeast around 15 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (MST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........97 94 78 69 Weather cov.....CHC CHC Weather type....SN SN NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of ltng (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............11 7 10 19 RH..............87 91 87 75 20 FT wind......N 6G13 NW 6G9 N 5G10 SE 5G9 $$ Forecaster...Palmquist Requested by...Cody Phillips Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2527548.0/BYZ .DELDT 12/12/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cody.phillips2@usda.gov