Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT
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879 FNUS75 KMSO 162307 FWSMSO Spot Forecast for Moose Mountain National Weather Service Missoula MT 507 PM MDT Sun Aug 16 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 17. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Afternoon winds mixing into the westerlies aloft which are incrementally increasing into Tuesday. Overnight winds will likely be terrain driven. Chance for valley fog or low stratus during the overnight and early morning. Very slight chances for showers and thunderstorms through the forecast period. There is about a 5 percent chance for a storm to pass over the fire Monday night into Tuesday morning which could produce a wetting rain and lightning. .MONDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy, very slight chance for a rain shower in the afternoon. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. * Chance Lightning....0 percent. * Max Temperature.....Bottom: 80-85, Top: 68-73. * Min Humidity........Bottom: 28-33 percent, Top: 34-39 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable/terrain driven 1-5 mph overnight becoming west 3-7 mph with gusts 15-20 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......Increasing to 7500 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.00-0.01 inches. .MONDAY NIGHT... * Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy, slight chance for a rain shower or isolated thunderstorm. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent. * Chance Lightning....10 percent. * Min Temperature.....53-58. * Max Humidity........62-67 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable/terrain driven 1-5 mph overnight. * Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl early in the evening. * Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches. .TUESDAY... * Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy, slight chance for a rain shower or isolated thunderstorm. * CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent. * Chance Lightning....10 percent. * Max Temperature.....Bottom: 81-86, Top: 69-74. * Min Humidity........Bottom: 27-32 percent, Top: 33-38 percent. * Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-5 mph in the morning becoming west 6-10 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon. * Mixing Height.......Increasing to 10500 ft agl in the afternoon. * Mixing Winds........West 15 mph. * Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches. $$ Forecaster...Parker Requested by...Garrett Pitsenbarger Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2618978.12/MSO .DELDT 08/16/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL garrett_pitsenbarger@firenet.gov,anthony_collins@firenet.gov,graydon.galloway@usda.gov,brian.russell@usda.gov,dustin.decker2@usda.gov