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Spot Forecast for NorthFork
National Weather Service Missoula MT
503 PM MDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showers Monday morning will give way to afternoon
and evening thunderstorms. Storms will be capable of gusty outflow
winds up to 50 mph, small hail and locally very heavy rain.
Chance of a wetting rain is fairly high (60 percent) but much
higher amounts are possible if the fire takes a direct hit.
Tuesday will be drier, but also breezy with westerly winds gusting
up to 20 mph.

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance
  of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...60 percent.
* Chance Lightning....40 percent.
* Max Temperature.....69-74.
* Min Humidity........32-37 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph becoming west around 5 mph
  in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow winds possible with
  thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 5500 ft agl late in
  the morning, then increasing to 7000 ft agl late in the afternoon
  decreasing to 4000 ft agl late in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.07-0.17 inches.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance
  of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain showers
  overnight. Patchy fog overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...40 percent.
* Chance Lightning....40 percent.
* Min Temperature.....39-44.
* Max Humidity........95-100 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph. Gusty and erratic outflow
  winds possible with thunderstorms in the evening.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.02-0.10 inches.

.TUESDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....66-71.
* Min Humidity........28-33 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 6-10 mph
  with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 8500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...JennK
Requested by...Ana Davis
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519045.3/MSO
.DELDT 08/04/25
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.EMAIL mtddc@firenet.gov,Thomas.Albut@usda.gov