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Lockwood, Montana 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for 3 Miles ENE Billings MT
National Weather Service Forecast for: 3 Miles ENE Billings MT
Issued by: National Weather Service Billings, MT
Updated: 8:03 pm MDT Jul 5, 2025
 
Tonight

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight.  Mostly clear, with a low around 54. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable  after midnight.
Slight Chance
Showers then
Mostly Clear
Sunday

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunny

Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the evening.
Partly Cloudy

Monday

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Sunny

Monday
Night
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Mostly Clear

Tuesday

Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
Hot

Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. West northwest wind around 7 mph becoming south in the evening.
Mostly Clear

Wednesday

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Hot

Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Partly Cloudy

Lo 54 °F Hi 84 °F Lo 58 °F Hi 89 °F Lo 60 °F Hi 98 °F Lo 65 °F Hi 99 °F Lo 63 °F

 

Tonight
 
A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 54. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Sunday
 
Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the evening.
Monday
 
Sunny, with a high near 89. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
 
Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 65. West northwest wind around 7 mph becoming south in the evening.
Wednesday
 
Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Wednesday Night
 
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Thursday
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. West wind 8 to 14 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
 
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind 8 to 14 mph.
Friday
 
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night
 
Mostly clear, with a low around 54. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.
Saturday
 
Sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for 3 Miles ENE Billings MT.

Weather Forecast Discussion
137
FXUS65 KBYZ 051926
AFDBYZ

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Billings MT
126 PM MDT Sat Jul 5 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Cooler temperatures through Sunday.

- Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms possible Today, starting
  earlier in the day than usual. Be weather aware and have plans
  to seek shelter if storms approach.

- Hot and mainly dry next week, 90s to near 100 degrees Tuesday
  and Wednesday.


&&

.DISCUSSION...

Through Monday night...

The stage remains set for a couple periods of strong to severe
thunderstorms this afternoon and evening over the area as a
Pacific trough moves through the region. A broad area of MUCAPE in
the 1500-2500 j/kg is expected to be over a large portion of the
area by the afternoon, with bulk shear of 40 to 55kts co-located.
Storms will get going earlier than normal, early afternoon in the
west, spreading east through the afternoon and evening hours. 1 to
2 inch diameter hail and gusts to 70 mph seem reasonable with
stronger storms today, and an isolated tornado can`t be ruled out
with elevated values for low level EHI/VGP parameters especially
in the early part of the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall is
possible as well with Precipitable Water values in excess of an
inch, and WPC has a marginal risk for excessive rainfall over the
area.

A cold front associated with the trough will bring a second
round of thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening behind the
initial activity. This activity should be weaker than the first
with the atmosphere having already been worked on by the first set
of storms. That said there could still be a few strong to
marginally severe storms with this round as well. Convection will
shift out of the area to the east by late evening, with quieter
weather expected overnight into Sunday. Patchy fog is possible
over the area late tonight as skies clear.

Seasonal temperatures and mainly dry conditions will prevail for
Sunday. Highs in the 75 to 85 degree range can be expected. A few
isolated showers or rumbles of thunder can`t be ruled out near the
higher terrain, but the chance remains low (15% or less). A
disturbance crossing near the Canadian border will bring low
chances (20%) for showers and thunderstorms late Sunday night into
Monday morning over eastern areas. High pressure building over
the region will drier and warmer conditions for the second half of
Monday, with highs in the 80s most places. STP

Tuesday through Sunday...

By Tuesday, a fairly strong ridge will have built back into much
of the Northern Rockies region with calmer weather. High temps
across the forecast area midweek wil be back in the mid to upper
90s for a majority of the area. Wednesday will likely be the
warmest day with there being good consensus in the latest NBM run.
Even the more conservative estimates (NBM 25%) show places like
Billings and Miles City, approaching or eclipsing 100F on
Wednesday.

RH values are forecast to drop into the mid teens for parts of the
area during this time as well. The good news for fire concerns,
however, is that winds will remain light (gusts under 15-20kts)
and that much of the area is still green and with no reports of
any vegitation curing yet.

On Thursday, the ridge could break down slightly. Both the GFS
and ECMWF show a shortwave trough move through the area at some
point during the day Thursday. While the ECMWF deterministic
solution is stronger than that of the GFS, there is still a 30-40%
chance of scattered showers across the CWA.

The warmer conditions should continue into the weekend but there
does appear to be a growing consensus in another Pacific Trough
moving through later next weekend. The clusters do show a lot of
disagreement still and thus this wil have to be monitored as the
week progresses. WMR

&&

.AVIATION...

18z Discussion...

TS forming over the mountains now and push east this afternoon.
Some storms are expected to become severe with winds potentially
gusting to 60kts and large GR. All sites have the potential for
severe weather today, however, KMLS/KBHK/KBIL have the greatest
potential. Mountains will be partially obscured in these storms.
Expect prevailing winds to shift out of the NW after 00z. WMR

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...

    Sun     Mon     Tue     Wed     Thu     Fri     Sat
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 054/083 059/087 060/097 065/098 063/085 056/079 055/089
    50/U    10/U    00/U    00/U    11/B    42/T    11/U
LVM 044/081 049/086 052/092 056/092 054/083 049/080 049/088
    30/U    00/U    00/U    00/U    12/T    32/W    11/U
HDN 054/083 056/089 058/098 061/099 061/086 054/079 052/090
    60/U    10/U    00/U    00/U    11/B    41/U    10/U
MLS 057/081 060/087 062/097 065/099 065/087 056/080 054/089
    81/U    22/W    00/U    00/U    10/B    31/U    10/U
4BQ 057/080 060/085 062/094 066/097 065/088 057/075 054/086
    81/U    22/W    00/U    00/U    10/B    41/U    10/U
BHK 054/078 056/085 056/091 061/097 061/088 054/080 052/087
    82/W    22/W    00/U    10/U    11/B    31/U    11/U
SHR 050/080 052/086 053/094 058/095 057/083 051/075 048/085
    51/U    11/U    00/U    00/U    11/B    43/T    11/U

&&

.BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 487 in effect until 9 PM MDT this
      evening FOR ZONES 29>33-36-37-57-58-138-139-169-171-173-235.
WY...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 487 in effect until 9 PM MDT this
      evening FOR ZONES 198-199.

&&

$$
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