Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
004 FNUS75 KMSO 171418 FWSMSO Spot Forecast for Wye Fire National Weather Service Missoula MT 818 AM MDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0656 PDT on September 17. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Widespread showers and occasional thunderstorms are expected into tonight with the best chances this afternoon/evening (starting around 2pm). Wetting rain chances are high. In fact, there is an 70% probability of at least 0.25" of rainfall, 40% probability of at least 0.50" of rain. Locally heavy rain rates will create the potential for debris flows. Humidity will be fairly high. Winds will be fairly light generally westerly in the afternoons. Rain chances will gradually decrease on Wednesday. .REST OF TODAY... * Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...80 percent. * Chance Lightning....40 percent. * LAL.................3. * Max Temperature.....66-71. * Min Humidity........62-67 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 5-6 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl early then 2500 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........West 5 mph. * Haines Index........2 very low. * Precip Amount.......0.10-0.30 inches. .TONIGHT... * Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Rain showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms overnight. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...80 percent. * Chance Lightning....40 percent. * LAL.................3. * Min Temperature.....43-48. * Max Humidity........95-100 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........West 5-9 mph becoming variable 2-4 mph after sunset. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl. * Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.10-0.30 inches. .WEDNESDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the morning, then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * LAL.................1. * Max Temperature.....64-69. * Min Humidity........55-60 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 5-6 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl early then 3000 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. * Haines Index........2 very low. * Precip Amount.......0.03-0.10 inches. $$ Forecaster...Booth Requested by...JT Sohr Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422449.3/MSO .DELDT 09/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jacob.sohr@usda.gov