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Spot Forecast for Smiley/Todd Piles Burn
National Weather Service Missoula MT
1250 PM MDT Wed Oct 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 MDT on October 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A broad, cold trough is moving across the region
bringing moisture with it. Rain is expected to start Friday
evening and last into early next week. The highest chance of a
wetting rain is 70% on Sunday morning.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....65-70.
* Min Humidity........34-39 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........South around 5 mph.
* Mixing Height.......4000 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........South 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 - 0.02 inches.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain likely overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...30 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....41-46.
* Max Humidity........73-78 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-7 mph.
* Mixing Height.......Less than 100 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 - 0.11 inches.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain likely.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...30 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....49-54.
* Min Humidity........51-56 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 6-10 mph.
* Mixing Height.......2000 ft agl increasing to 5000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 - 0.10 inches.

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Forecaster...Leach
Requested by...Ben Holland
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/08/25
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.EMAIL bennnett.holland@mt.gov,ty.colombo@mt.gov,dolsen@mt.gov