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Spot Forecast for TinkerBugs RX 2
National Weather Service Missoula MT
936 AM MDT Wed Sep 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on September 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A cold front will move through between 8 and 10 pm
this evening. Showers will persist overnight. Southwest winds will
generally increase this afternoon and evening ahead of the front, but
any gusts will remain below 20 mph. The range of total rainfall is as
low as 0.01" up to 0.18". There could be patchy fog Thursday morning.
It will be cooler and moister, with terrain-driven winds Thursday.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....5 percent.
* Max Temperature.....79-83.
* Min Humidity........21-26 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest 3 to 6 mph increasing to
            west-southwest 5 to 9 mph with gusts to 14 mph in the
            afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 8000 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 13 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the
  evening. Rain showers likely overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...40 percent.
* Chance Lightning....10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....48-50.
* Max Humidity........90-95 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 8 to 13 mph with gusts to 17 mph
      shifting to the northwest 4 to 8 mph between 8 and 10 pm PDT
         then lessening to variable 3 to 5 mph by midnight.
* Mixing Height.......Less than 100 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 20 mph decreasing to Northwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.07 inches.

.THURSDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Chance of patchy fog in the valleys then
                    becoming partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....61-66.
* Min Humidity........44-49 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming upslope 4 to 6 mph
  in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Noble
Requested by...JT Sohr
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2422942.4/MSO
.DELDT 09/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jacob.sohr@usda.gov