Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
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588 FNUS75 KMSO 230342 FWSMSO Spot Forecast for Ransome National Weather Service Missoula MT 942 PM MDT Fri Aug 22 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0000 MDT on August 23. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Hot and dry conditions with easterly winds continuing but calming through the weekend with increasingly variable / terrain induced winds. Overnight valley inversion / thermal belts likely at and below fire location. Increasing coverage of mid-high level clouds through the weekend with hot and dry continuing into early next week. .SATURDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * Max Temperature.....81-86. * Min Humidity........18-23 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........North-northeast 2-5 mph with gusts up to 10 mph in the morning becoming variable/southeast 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height....... Less than 100 ft agl in the morning increasing to near 5000 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........East-northeast 5 mph up to 11000 ft MSL shifting to the northwest 10 mph above 11000 ft MSL. * Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. .SATURDAY NIGHT... * Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * Min Temperature.....55-60. * Max Humidity........47-52 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable/southeast 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15 mph in the evening becoming northeast 2-4 mph with gusts up to 10 mph by the morning. * Mixing Height.......Decreasing to less than 100 ft agl early in the evening. * Mixing Winds........Southeast 7 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. .SUNDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * Max Temperature.....81-86. * Min Humidity........16-21 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2-4 mph with gusts up to 10 mph in the morning becoming variable/east 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......Increasing to 6500 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........Northeast 5 mph up to near 11500 ft MSL shifting to northwest 10 mph above 11500 ft MSL. * Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. $$ Forecaster...Parker/Lukinbeal Requested by...Michele Mavor Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2520408.1/MSO .DELDT 08/22/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL michele.mavor@usda.gov