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Spot Forecast for Red card training...Class student
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
722 AM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 MDT on March 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A subtle upper level disturbance within a southwesterly flow aloft
will yield the opportunity for afternoon and early evening
showers and thunderstorms in Three Forks. Initially light and
variable winds will become southwesterly late morning or early
afternoon as the surface mixes out, and increase to between 10 and
20 mph, with gusts to 30 mph by late afternoon. Any shower or
thunderstorm that develops will be capable of gusty and erratic
winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    and slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...15.
Max temperature.....64-69.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds becoming southwest
                    around 10-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the
                    early afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 20 to 30 mph.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47  63  65  63  78  84  83  89  88
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   2   2   7   15  15  15
Temp............43  51  57  62  65  65  65  63  62
RH..............64  53  46  38  36  34  34  38  38
20 FT wind dir..N   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   5   10  10  15  15  20
20 FT wind gust.5   10  10  10  15  20  25  30  30
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Ridge wind spd..25  25  25  20  20  20  20  20  25

$$
Forecaster...McDowell
Requested by...E. Leinonen
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2508213.0/TFX
.DELDT 03/27/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL eric.leinonen@retranches.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov