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Issued by NWS Missoula, MT

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Spot Forecast for Wye Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
800 AM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0657 PDT on September 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions will remain mostly clear with a drying
trend going into the weekend. Temperatures will be close to
normal, with overnight lows getting into the mid to lower 30s.
Westerly winds will increase today behind a dry cold front, then
return to light and variable on Saturday.

.TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....67-72.
* Min Humidity........29-34 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-13 mph with gusts to 20 after noon.

* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Haines Index........2 very low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Some frost overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Min Temperature.....34-39.
* Max Humidity........94-99 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-10 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 2-5 mph.
* Mixing Height.......1500 ft agl decreasing to 500 ft agl early in
  the evening.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Patchy fog and some frost in the
  morning.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....72-77.
* Min Humidity........24-29 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming north around 5-8
  mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 3500 ft agl late in
  the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Northeast 5 mph.
* Haines Index........4 low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Messina
Requested by...JT Sohr
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422449.10/MSO
.DELDT 09/20/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jacob.sohr@usda.gov