Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT

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Spot Forecast for Piquett Creek RX
National Weather Service Missoula MT
106 AM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on October 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A warming and drying trend begins today and lasts
through early next week. Winds will be light and diurnally driven
today with a slight uptick in northwest to north afternoon winds
on Friday. Mixing heights and transport winds will be better on
Friday compared with today. No significant precipitation is
expected for at least the next 7 days.

.TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....66-71.
* Min Humidity........35-40 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming northwest to north
  around 5 mph in the afternoon. Occasional gusts to 10 mph.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 4000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....43-48.
* Max Humidity........70-75 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph becoming south around 5 mph
  overnight.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....70-75.
* Min Humidity........25-30 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........South 5-6 mph shifting to the northwest to
  north 6-7 mph with gusts to around 17 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 6000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Booth
Requested by...David Fox
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622521.5/MSO
.DELDT 10/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jarrod.chandler@usda.gov,david.fox@usda.gov