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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