Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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Spot Forecast for Queen Gulch...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
544 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on August 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Ridging aloft will maintain warm and dry conditions for the next
few days while surface boundaries bring periods of breeziness,
especially late Monday afternoon and evening. Afternoon humidity
will continue to be critically low with poor overnight recovery.
A Pacific weather system and increased moisture will introduce
shower and thunderstorm activity and cool temperatures down
heading towards the middle and end of the workweek. While some
areas may see beneficial rains, this activity may also bring cloud
to ground lightning and erratic winds.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Min temperature.....52-57.
Max humidity........34-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Becoming northwesterly 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 5 to 15 mph becoming north to northeast
during the overnight and more east to southeast towards dawn.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph becoming northerly overnight.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........19 18 12 10 21 30 25 15 13 10 8 11
Weather cov.....ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............70 69 66 63 62 61 59 59 58 56 55 55
RH..............19 22 27 31 33 33 34 33 35 37 39 39
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10
Ridge wind dir..NW NW N N N NE E E SE S S S
Ridge wind spd..10 15 15 15 15 10 5 5 0 0 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 5.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W NW N N N N N N N N W W
Transp wind spd.10 10 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....71-76.
Min humidity........16-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming northwesterly and increasing
to 10 to 15 mph with gusts around 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........Southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming westerly by afternoon and
increasing to around 15 to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4 25 8 3 2 4 2 2 3 5 3 3
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............54 56 57 59 62 65 67 70 71 72 73 72
RH..............39 36 35 32 29 27 25 26 23 22 21 21
20 FT wind dir..W W W W SW W W W W W W NW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 20 20 20 20
Ridge wind dir..S S SW SW SW W W W W W W NW
Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 3.5 5.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 10 10 9.5
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 10 15 15 20 20 20 20
.MONDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....50-55.
Max humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds around 10 to 20 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to around 10 to 15
mph in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West to northwest around 15 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10 10 10 11 11 11 17 17 17 11 11 11
Weather cov.....ARS PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 71 67 63 61 60 58 58 57 55 54 54
RH..............22 24 26 30 32 33 35 33 34 35 35 35
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
20 FT wind gust.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Ridge wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..20 20 25 25 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...8.5 7.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....68-73.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop...........West 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26 26 26 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............52 54 55 58 61 63 66 68 69 70 70 70
RH..............35 33 31 30 28 27 25 24 23 22 22 22
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15
Ridge wind dir..NW W W W W W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 5.5 7.0 8.5 10 11 12 11
Transp wind dir.NW NW W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
$$
Forecaster...Greely
Requested by...Michael Tuffelmire
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618773.9/TFX
.DELDT 08/09/26
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.EMAIL clint.reichert@usda.gov,michael.tuffelmire@usda.gov,mthdc@firenet.gov,
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