Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
677 FNUS75 KTFX 062155 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Eitten Ridge RX...USFS National Weather Service Great Falls MT 355 PM MDT Mon May 6 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on May 07. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .DISCUSSION... A potent May storm will impact the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Strong winds and heavy snow will combine to create localized/brief blizzard conditions on the eastern periphery of the Little Belts, beginning Tuesday afternoon, lasting into Wednesday. The chance for a quarter inch of liquid precip over 24 hours ending Wednesday and Thursday morning are greater than 95% for both periods. The chance for 10 inches of snow over this period at the prescribed burn is around 50%. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of snow in the morning. Snow in the afternoon. CWR.................40 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....39-44. Min humidity........47-52 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Windy. West winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph increasing to 55 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 55 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Patchy blowing snow through the night. Snow through the night. CWR.................90 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....30-35. Max humidity........77-82 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Windy. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 40 mph overnight. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 55 mph. Haines Index........ .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Patchy blowing snow in the morning. Rain and snow through the day. CWR.................95 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....38-43. Min humidity........67-72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 20 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...McDowell Requested by...Kyle Marquardt Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413294.0/TFX .DELDT 05/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kyle.marquardt@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov