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Spot Forecast for Grant Kohrs RX
National Weather Service Missoula MT
624 AM MDT Thu May 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 MDT on May 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Friday will be the start of a warming and drying
trend, that will continue at least through the weekend. Saturday
and Sunday will be the warmest and driest experienced this season
thus far, with mostly clear conditions. Ridge breakdown is
possible by early Monday.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....68-73.
* Min Humidity........26-31 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........South around 5 mph in the morning, then
  becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......4500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........South 5 mph shifting to the north 5 mph late
  in the afternoon.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  59  62  65  66  69  70
RH..............57  47  40  36  33  30  26
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.    5   5   5   10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  E   E   E   N
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Some frost early in the
  morning.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....35-40.
* Max Humidity........76-81 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........North around 6 mph early in the evening, then
  becoming south around 6 mph overnight.
* Mixing Height.......1500 ft agl decreasing to less than 100 ft
  agl in the late evening and overnight.
* Mixing Winds........North 5 mph shifting to the east 5 mph late
  in the evening, then shifting to the south 10 mph late in the
  evening.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Some frost early in the
  morning.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....74-79.
* Min Humidity........22-27 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 3-5 mph in the morning, then
  shifting to the northwest 10-12 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 7500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph shifting to the west 15 mph
  in the late morning and afternoon.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........38  38  38  16  16  16  13  13  13  15  15  15
Weather cov.....ARS
Weather type....FST
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............38  41  45  51  56  62  66  70  72  73  75  76
RH..............77  72  64  56  49  42  37  33  30  29  27  24
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   10  10  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5               15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 4.0 5.5 6.5 7.0 7.5 7.5 7.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15

$$
Forecaster...Robinson
Requested by...Paul Smith
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413355.1/MSO
.DELDT 05/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Paul.m.smith@usda.gov