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Spot Forecast for Blackfeet Clean Up...MT-BFA
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1119 AM MDT Fri Apr 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MDT on April 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

A cold and moist northerly flow will maintain variable cloudiness
and a few flurries or short periods of light snow through the
evening hours. Only negligible snowfall accumulations are expected
if any at all. Partial clearing will take place tonight and
mostly sunny skies are expected on Saturday. Northeasterly winds
will become more east to southeasterly tonight into Saturday, with
wind speeds generally less than 20 mph. Much stronger southwest
to west winds move in later Saturday night and Sunday.

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    light snow or flurrries.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....28-33.
Min humidity........46-51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 15 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....17-22.
Max humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Haines Index........

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....44-49.
Min humidity........35-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Greely
Requested by...Carter Gallineaux, FMO
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411405.0/TFX
.DELDT 04/19/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL marty.r@blackfeetnation.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov