Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
699 FNUS75 KMSO 181303 FWSMSO Spot Forecast for Wye Fire National Weather Service Missoula MT 703 AM MDT Wed Sep 18 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0656 PDT on September 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...After light morning showers, a warming and drying trend is expected into Thursday. Winds will be relatively light and diurnally driven. Areas of fog are likely for valley locations tonight into Thursday morning. There will considerably more sunshine on Thursday as min Rhs drop back into the 35-40% range and high temperatures bump up to seasonable values. .REST OF TODAY... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...20 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * LAL.................1. * Max Temperature.....67-72. * Min Humidity........47-52 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph becoming east to southeast 3-5 mph with gusts to 10 mph in the afternoon. For ridgetops, variable 2-5 mph becoming west wind at 4-8 mph with gusts to 12 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 3500 ft agl late in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. * Haines Index........2 very low. * Precip Amount.......0.04-0.12 inches. .TONIGHT... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly clear. Areas of fog overnight. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * LAL.................1. * Min Temperature.....40-45. * Max Humidity........95-100 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........East to southeast 5-7 mph in the evening becoming variable 2-4 mph. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl. * Mixing Winds........Southwest 5 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. .THURSDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. Areas of fog in the morning. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * LAL.................1. * Max Temperature.....74-79. * Min Humidity........35-40 percent. * Wind (20 ft).........Variable 2-5 mph becoming east to southeast 3-5 mph with gusts to 10 mph in the afternoon. For ridgetops, variable 2-5 mph becoming west wind at 4-8 mph with gusts to 12 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........South 5 mph. * Haines Index........2 very low. * Precip Amount.......0.00 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