Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT

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Spot Forecast for Moose
National Weather Service Missoula MT
1146 AM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on September 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Scattered rain showers will move through the fire
Monday morning, with light precipitation amounts (trace to 0.03
inches). Winds will be strongest during the morning hours on
Monday behind a surface cold front. The pressure gradient begins
to relax by Monday afternoon, with gusts trending weaker across
the fire.

High pressure will bring a general drying trend into Tuesday, with
mostly sunny skies in the morning becoming cloudy in the afternoon
as high clouds move overhead. Winds will generally be light and
variable becoming upslope/west in the afternoon.

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
  snow showers in the morning.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....46-51.
* Min Humidity........64-69 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 8-14 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in
  the morning, becoming west 4-7 mph in the afternoon with gusts
  of 15-20 mph.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 4000 ft agl late in
  the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 20 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....30-35.
* Max Humidity........80-85 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl decreasing to 500 ft agl early in
  the evening.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TUESDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny becoming mostly cloudy in the
  afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....57-62.
* Min Humidity........35-40 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph becoming west 3-6 mph in
  the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 6000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Lukinbeal
Requested by...Greg Philipp
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621611.4/MSO
.DELDT 09/13/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL gregory.philipp@usda.gov