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Spot Forecast for Unit F27
National Weather Service Missoula MT
218 AM MDT Fri May 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on May 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Warm and mostly dry conditions are expected the next
two days. South to southwest winds will be common in the
afternoons, gusting around 20 mph. Rh recovery tonight will
decent.

The first chance of showers and thunderstorms will be late
Saturday afternoon/evening, though any rain will be limited. Watch
for gusty outflow winds over 40 mph near any thunderstorms
Saturday and Sunday afternoons. A cool and wetter pattern sets up
Sunday through the first half of next week. There is a 70%
probability of at least a 0.25 inch of precipitation Sunday
morning-Wednesday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy (mainly high clouds).
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....75-80.
* Min Humidity........16-21 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming south to southwest
  5-8 mph in the early afternoon (1-2pm). gusts to 18 mph in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......1000 ft agl increasing to 9500 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....44-49.
* Max Humidity........62-67 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest around 5 mph in the evening
  becoming variable 1-3 mph.
* Mixing Height.......8500 ft agl decreasing to 1500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........East 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
  thunderstorms in the late afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....15 percent.
* Max Temperature.....80-85.
* Min Humidity........19-24 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph becoming south to southwest
  6-9 mph in the early afternoon. Gusts to 23 mph in the
  afternoon. Watch for gusty outflow winds with any thunderstorms
  beginning late afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......1500 ft agl increasing to 8500 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........South to southwest 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Booth
Requested by...Burn Boss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/25
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.EMAIL colander@blm.gov