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Spot Forecast for Island creek fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
427 PM MDT Tue Aug 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MDT on August 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Thermal belts will impact RH recoveries overnight
under a short-lived ridge of high pressure. A Pacific weather
system will move into eastern WA Wednesday afternoon, with mid-
upper level moisture bringing increases in cloud cover. Isolated
showers will develop in the vicinity after 1600, with little to
any precipitation expected. Chances for wetting rains increase
Thursday, with a 60% chance for 0.10 inches or more and a 50%
chance for 0.25 inches by Thursday evening.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....55-60.
* Max Humidity........45-50 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 4-6 mph shifting to the south
  around 2-5 mph overnight.
* Mixing Height.......5500 ft agl decreasing to 500 ft agl early in
  the evening.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.WEDNESDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy in the
  afternoon. Slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....72-77.
* Min Humidity........31-36 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest-west 3-5 mph shifting to the
  northwest 6-8 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 4000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Lukinbeal
Requested by...Andy Boyle
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/05/25
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.EMAIL andy_boyle@firenet.gov