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Spot Forecast for Skillet Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
907 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 MDT on July 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A ridge of high pressure will be the dominant
feature over the area through Friday night. The fire should have
very similar weather conditions as what has been experienced the
past few days. A strong dry cold front is still on track to push
through the fire area Saturday afternoon. The atmosphere appears
to become fairly unstable during the frontal passage, but no
storms are expected. The front will mainly bring mid to high level
clouds. A fire weather watch has been issued for Saturday
afternoon and evening. Elevated winds and limited humidity
recovery is expected Saturday night.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Clear.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....53-58.
* Max Humidity........44-49 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-10 mph.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....80-85.
* Min Humidity........14-19 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-10 mph.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 6000 ft agl in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....57-62.
* Max Humidity........39-44 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-10 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 2-5 mph.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl in the evening.
* Mixing Winds........South 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny becoming mostly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....79-84.
* Min Humidity........13-18 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 3-7 mph becoming southwest 8-13 mph
  with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 9000 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........South 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Smith
Requested by...Tamara MacKenzie
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618715.0/MSO
.DELDT 07/30/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tamara.mackenzie@usda.gov