Forecast Details for Billings, MT

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Current Alerts for Billings, MT: Fire Weather Watch

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 10 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 9am, then a chance of snow showers between 9am and 3pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. West southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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