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Spot Forecast for Priest Pass Rd Wildfire...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1027 PM MDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 MDT on April 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...Windy conditions on Sunday...

.DISCUSSION...
Quiet tonight. A dry cold front is expected to move through the
burn area on Sunday afternoon. Winds are forecast to start to
increase after 6 AM. You will notice winds increasing steadily
from 7 AM Sun to 10 AM Sun. The strongest winds will occur from
1 PM Sun to 9 PM Sun. Some ridgetop wind gusts will approach 55
mph at times. It will remain windy Sun night, just not as bad. No
precipitation is expected over the burn area until at least mid
week.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....25-30.
Max humidity........Near 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 20 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....48-52.
Min humidity........Near 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Windy. Morning west winds 10 to 20 mph
                    increasing to 30 to 40 mph with gusts
                    around 55 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West around 40 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....25-30.
Max humidity........Near 65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Breezy. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to
                    40 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West around 40 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....46-51.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 20 to 30 mph. Wind deceasing
                    slowly by late afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West 25 to 30 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Brusda
Requested by...Matthew Gingery
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2411558.0/TFX
.DELDT 04/20/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.gingery@usda.gov