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Spot Forecast for Silvertip Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
443 PM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on September 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showery rain/snow mix, cold temperatures, and
strong westerly winds through the forecast period. Up to an inch
of total snow accumulation possible. Wind decrease Monday night
into Tuesday with mostly dry conditions developing into the middle
of the week.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and slight
  chance of snow in the evening. Snow and rain overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...50 percent.
* Chance Lightning....10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....32-37.
* Max Humidity........95-100 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest 5-15 mph with gusts 20-30 mph
  overnight.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 30 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.05-0.20 inches.

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chances for snow and rain in
  the morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...50 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....39-44.
* Min Humidity........90-95 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the
  morning, gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 3000 ft agl in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West-northwest 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.04-0.21 inches.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....32-37.
* Max Humidity........95-100 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-9 mph becoming south/downslope 2-6
  mph overnight.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Parker
Requested by...Dean Estes
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621734.0/MSO
.DELDT 09/12/26
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.EMAIL dean.estes@usda.gov