Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
498 FNUS75 KTFX 280137 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Running Wolf...US Forest Service National Weather Service Great Falls MT 737 PM MDT Thu Jun 27 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 MDT on June 27. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Strong and gusty west winds in wake of a Pacific front will continue through the overnight hours before shifting to the northwest late Friday morning and early afternoon as a cold front drops southeast from Canada. This wind shift to the northwest will generally occur between 1000 and 1400 local time across the incident area, with continued strong and gusty winds persisting through the late afternoon hours on Friday. Showers and isolated thunderstorms will accompany the passage of the cold front on Friday, with the probabilities for 0.10" and 0.25" of rain being 60% and 20% respectively. High temperatures on Friday will be well below normal in wake of the cold front. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....42-47. Max humidity........64-69 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Windy. West winds 15 to 30 mph. Ridgetop...........West around 50 mph. Haines Index........ .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Rain showers likely through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................60 percent. LAL.................2. Max temperature.....47-52. Min humidity........55-60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Windy. West winds 15 to 30 mph becoming northwest 15 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Ridgetop...........Northwest around 50 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....36-41. Max humidity........87-92 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the southwest overnight. Ridgetop...........North around 10 mph. Haines Index........ $$ Forecaster...Moldan Requested by...IC (T) Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416809.1/TFX .DELDT 06/27/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mtgdc@firenet.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov