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Spot Forecast for INC 364...Helena Dispatch
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
352 PM MDT Mon Jul 8 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 MDT on July 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Sustained winds are expected to remain under 10 mph over the next
couple days. Terrain-driven wind gusts up to 15 mph will continue
through around 9 PM before dropping below 10 mph through the rest of
the night. The wind gust potential will increase again after 10 AM
Tuesday with gusts up to 15 mph possible. Precipitation is not
expected for most of the week and temperatures will remain in the
90s through at least Saturday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....87-92.
Min humidity........13-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds around 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North around 5 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      4 PM
Sky (%).........10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
LAL.............1
Temp............89
RH..............19
20 ft wind......NW 5
20 ft wind gust.15
Ridgetop wind...NW 5
Haines index....3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....60-65.
Max humidity........45-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the evening, then becoming
                    light in the late evening and overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 10 mph shifting to the east
                    late in the evening.
Haines Index........

TIME (MDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........12     16     11     8      19     27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............88     86     76     71     67     64
RH..............18     23     30     37     41     46
20 ft wind......N 5    N 5    E 0    NE 0   NE 0   SW 0
20 ft wind gust.15     10     5      5      5      5
Ridgetop wind...N 10   NE 10  NE 10  E 10   E 5    E 5
Haines index....3      3      M      M      M      M

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....89-94.
Min humidity........13-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in
                    the morning, then shifting to the northwest
                    late in the morning shifting to the north late
                    in the afternoon shifting to the northeast.
 Ridgetop...........East 0 to 5 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth early in the morning.

TIME (MDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........18     9      6      9      10     9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............62     68     79     86     89     91
RH..............49     42     32     24     22     19
20 ft wind......S 0    SW 0   W 5    NW 5   N 5    NE 5
20 ft wind gust.5      5      10     10     10     15
Ridgetop wind...E 5    E 5    E 5    E 5    E 0    E 0
Haines index....M      3      3      3      3      3

$$
Forecaster...Glinskas
Requested by...Whitney Casebolt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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