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Spot Forecast for Elk Creek Road Piles...USDA
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
Issued by National Weather Service Glasgow MT
557 AM MST Tue Nov 3 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Ridging aloft will maintain light winds for the next day or so. A
weak frontal system moves through the plains late tonight into
Wednesday, but it doesn`t appear this will will have an impact
over the prescribed burn site other than winds becoming light and
variable. Westerly flow aloft does begin to increase Wednesday
night into Thursday, with a much windier pattern expected heading
into the weekend and early next week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....53-58.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........27  32  29  23  20  31  37  49  56  48  59  56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............24  25  27  37  44  49  53  54  55  54  50  44
RH..............71  73  66  52  44  39  36  35  35  39  47  60
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  5   5   5   5   5   5   0
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  20  15  10  10  10  10      10  5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (40-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....25-30.
Max humidity........58-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light and variable.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........61  68  70  69  70  55  50  52  53  52  48  67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............37  35  33  33  31  31  31  30  31  30  30  30
RH..............61  61  66  64  66  63  63  65  61  60  58  57
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.10  10  15  10  10  10  10      5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  5   10  5   10  5

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....49-54.
Min humidity........32-37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  67  69  69  69  25  25  25  8   8   8   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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............29  28  30  38  45  48  49  50  51  49  46  40
RH..............59  62  59  49  40  38  37  37  38  42  52  66
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   E   E   E   E   E   E   SW
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  W   NW  NE  SW  S   SE  SW  S   SW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  5   5   5   5   10  5   10  10  5

$$
Forecaster...Greely
Requested by...Brad Paskey
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2625064.0/TFX
.DELDT 11/03/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brad.paskey@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov