Northwestern Energy - Billings Fire Weather Dashboard
Last update: 2025-12-17 00:45. Next update: 2025-12-17 06:45.

Previous forecast cycles can be accessed as:
https://nwefireweather.app/nwe_billings/YYYYMMDD_CC.html
where CC is 00, 06, 12, or 18

Northwestern Energy - Billings - Lewistown Severe Fire Danger Index Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25

Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Reed Point - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Buffalo Jump 1 - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Delger 1 - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
East Rosebud 1 - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Red Lodge Mountain - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Red Lodge - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Red Lodge S - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Red Lodge N - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Dry Creek 1 - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Bridger City 3 - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Rockvale 1 - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Billings Eastside - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Billings Johnson Lane - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Utica Rural 1 - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Stanford - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Lewistown South - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Heath 1 - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Lewistown Radar Base 21 - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Lavina 1 - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Roundup City - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Gage 1 - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Musselshell 2 - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Harlowtown - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Two Dot - Tier 2 low low moderate low low low low
Martinsdale 1 South - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Martinsdale 1 West - Tier 2 low low low low low low low

Northwestern Energy - Billings - Lewistown Percent of CRI Threshold Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25

Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Reed Point - Tier 2 1 53 24 16 7 0 0
Buffalo Jump 1 - Tier 3 16 43 47 31 4 3 3
Delger 1 - Tier 2 7 33 34 26 1 1 0
East Rosebud 1 - Tier 2 12 31 42 34 1 1 1
Red Lodge Mountain - Tier 2 13 48 46 57 3 2 2
Red Lodge - Tier 3 6 58 22 70 2 1 0
Red Lodge S - Tier 2 7 35 34 49 2 2 1
Red Lodge N - Tier 2 2 45 15 54 1 0 0
Dry Creek 1 - Tier 2 1 47 28 20 1 1 0
Bridger City 3 - Tier 2 1 36 21 35 0 1 0
Rockvale 1 - Tier 2 3 81 42 26 1 5 1
Billings Eastside - Tier 3 1 63 11 38 24 2 1
Billings Johnson Lane - Tier 3 1 55 14 34 10 1 1
Utica Rural 1 - Tier 3 12 48 19 9 15 7 4
Stanford - Tier 2 12 45 31 26 12 3 3
Lewistown South - Tier 2 3 58 15 13 9 3 4
Heath 1 - Tier 2 6 64 16 16 10 3 4
Lewistown Radar Base 21 - Tier 3 8 49 15 24 12 4 4
Lavina 1 - Tier 2 0 45 10 31 17 2 1
Roundup City - Tier 2 0 50 11 23 14 3 1
Gage 1 - Tier 2 0 66 16 24 15 5 2
Musselshell 2 - Tier 2 2 62 19 27 16 5 2
Harlowtown - Tier 2 0 56 12 20 13 0 1
Two Dot - Tier 2 8 59 15 21 15 2 0
Martinsdale 1 South - Tier 2 9 47 10 20 12 2 0
Martinsdale 1 West - Tier 2 6 58 8 12 8 0 0

Northwestern Energy - Billings - Lewistown Energy Release Component Percentile Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25

Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Reed Point - Tier 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2
Buffalo Jump 1 - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delger 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Rosebud 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Lodge Mountain - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Lodge - Tier 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Red Lodge S - Tier 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Red Lodge N - Tier 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 2
Dry Creek 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bridger City 3 - Tier 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3
Rockvale 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Billings Eastside - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billings Johnson Lane - Tier 3 2 3 4 5 6 4 5
Utica Rural 1 - Tier 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Stanford - Tier 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 3
Lewistown South - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heath 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewistown Radar Base 21 - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lavina 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
Roundup City - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Gage 1 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Musselshell 2 - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Harlowtown - Tier 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 8
Two Dot - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Martinsdale 1 South - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martinsdale 1 West - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northwestern Energy - Billings - Lewistown Max Wind Gust Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25

Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Reed Point - Tier 2 11 67 55 46 32 8 21
Buffalo Jump 1 - Tier 3 44 65 62 63 32 38 33
Delger 1 - Tier 2 44 65 61 61 29 19 19
East Rosebud 1 - Tier 2 43 63 62 64 22 24 21
Red Lodge Mountain - Tier 2 41 68 56 66 26 25 23
Red Lodge - Tier 3 33 67 56 63 25 19 18
Red Lodge S - Tier 2 39 67 56 63 28 30 27
Red Lodge N - Tier 2 31 65 56 63 25 15 18
Dry Creek 1 - Tier 2 15 59 54 37 26 19 18
Bridger City 3 - Tier 2 17 59 55 47 25 16 17
Rockvale 1 - Tier 2 20 64 56 41 29 28 28
Billings Eastside - Tier 3 18 60 50 42 31 18 14
Billings Johnson Lane - Tier 3 15 55 48 41 27 17 20
Utica Rural 1 - Tier 3 41 68 57 58 34 32 31
Stanford - Tier 2 42 70 58 58 35 24 30
Lewistown South - Tier 2 30 63 48 55 31 22 31
Heath 1 - Tier 2 33 67 56 57 33 22 35
Lewistown Radar Base 21 - Tier 3 34 66 53 55 32 24 29
Lavina 1 - Tier 2 30 64 48 50 32 24 13
Roundup City - Tier 2 24 67 46 50 31 23 17
Gage 1 - Tier 2 22 62 47 49 31 26 19
Musselshell 2 - Tier 2 25 61 56 53 32 27 28
Harlowtown - Tier 2 31 67 45 52 34 14 24
Two Dot - Tier 2 35 70 52 52 34 21 19
Martinsdale 1 South - Tier 2 36 70 49 51 33 23 21
Martinsdale 1 West - Tier 2 32 68 47 57 31 18 21

Northwestern Energy - Billings Fire Weather Summary Plots - 12/17/2025 00z forecast


Reed Point - Tier 2


Buffalo Jump 1 - Tier 3


Delger 1 - Tier 2


East Rosebud 1 - Tier 2


Red Lodge Mountain - Tier 2


Red Lodge - Tier 3


Red Lodge S - Tier 2


Red Lodge N - Tier 2


Dry Creek 1 - Tier 2


Bridger City 3 - Tier 2


Rockvale 1 - Tier 2


Billings Eastside - Tier 3


Billings Johnson Lane - Tier 3


Utica Rural 1 - Tier 3


Stanford - Tier 2


Lewistown South - Tier 2


Heath 1 - Tier 2


Lewistown Radar Base 21 - Tier 3


Lavina 1 - Tier 2


Roundup City - Tier 2


Gage 1 - Tier 2


Musselshell 2 - Tier 2


Harlowtown - Tier 2


Two Dot - Tier 2


Martinsdale 1 South - Tier 2


Martinsdale 1 West - Tier 2