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Spot Forecast for Wilder...BLM
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
259 PM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
The threat for thunderstorms over the burn area will remain low
though Friday, with a small chance for a passing storm
tonight...current thinking is most of the storms tonight will stay
just to your south. It looks like the better chance for storms
will be Friday night into Saturday. Rainfall about 0.15 to 0.30
looks possible. It will turn cooler Fri into Sat, but then it
starts to warm back up on Sun.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....93-98.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds around 10 mph, with gusts
                    near 20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  70  80
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10
Temp............95  93  93
RH..............20  20  22
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15
Ridge wind dir..W   SW  SW
Ridge wind spd..10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 7.0 6.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    a thunderstorm.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...16 percent.
Min temperature.....62-67.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds around 5 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest
                    10 to 15 mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20
                    mph late in the evening, then decreasing to
                    around 10 mph late in the evening shifting to
                    the west overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........84  74  85  75  74  81  74  70  65  62  66  58
Weather cov.....    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).10  20  20  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............92  89  84  81  78  75  73  71  70  68  67  66
RH..............23  28  34  40  46  51  56  58  58  58  58  58
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW
Ridge wind spd..10  10  5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 4.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  15  15  20  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....85-90.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the east
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  68  66  48  58  76  66  43  27  25  29  71
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............64  66  69  71  76  79  82  83  85  86  85  85
RH..............58  57  52  49  39  34  30  29  28  26  26  26
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Ridge wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NE  NE  E
Ridge wind spd..15  15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 7.5 8.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.15  10  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Brusda
Requested by...Lewistown Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517238.0/TFX
.DELDT 07/03/25
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.EMAIL mtlec@firenet.gov