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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
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.EMAIL jacob.sohr@usda.gov