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Spot Forecast for Sand Creek
National Weather Service Missoula MT
224 PM MDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on September 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Rain continues on Saturday before diminishing later
in the afternoon. Mean additional rainfall during the day on
Saturday is expected to range from 0.15 to 0.50 inch. Otherwise,
Saturday will be a cool, wet day with north to northeast winds.

Winds diminish on Saturday night then become light northwest
winds on Sunday afternoon. It will also warm up and dry out early
next week.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Rain in the morning, then rain
  showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...80 percent.
* Chance Lightning....25 percent.
* Max Temperature.....Bottom 52-57, Top: 41-46.
* Min Humidity........70-75 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........North to northeast 3-7 mph with gusts to 16
  mph.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 3000 ft MSL in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........North 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.15-0.50 inches.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers
  in the evening. Patchy fog overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....35-40.
* Max Humidity........94-99 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........North around 5 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 1-3 mph.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Northeast 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.01 inches.

.SUNDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....Bottom 68-72, Top: 49-54.
* Min Humidity........43-48 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming northwest 5-6 mph
  in the afternoon with gusts to 15 mph.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl late
  in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Booth
Requested by...Richard Griffin aka Griff
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/18/26
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.EMAIL richard.griffin@usda.gov,meghan_carosella@firenet.gov,2026.sandcreek.plans@firenet.gov