Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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FNUS75 KTFX 082345
FWSTFX
Spot Forecast for Queen Gulch...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
545 PM MDT Sat Aug 8 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on August 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...
The primary concern will be shifting winds and low humidity for
the next couple of days. Overnight humidity recovery will be poor
and there will be critically low humidity in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-40 percent) Areas of smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15
mph overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........26 47 67 62 30 20 20 18 17 10 8 14
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY ARS ARS 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............73 72 68 65 62 62 61 60 59 57 56 56
RH..............15 17 21 26 29 30 32 30 30 31 32 32
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W
20 FT wind spd..15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.25 25 20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15
Ridge wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
Ridge wind spd..25 25 25 25 25 20 20 15 15 10 10 15
Mix hgt (kft)...8.5 6.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW
Transp wind spd.20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke.
the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....69-74.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West to northwest winds 10 to 15 mph becoming northerly.
Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop...........West to northwest 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West to northwest 10 to 15 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6 26 14 11 10 17 10 13 8 16 7 11
Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY 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............55 57 58 60 62 64 66 68 69 71 71 71
RH..............33 31 30 29 25 22 20 20 17 16 16 17
20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW NW NW N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 15 15
Ridge wind dir..W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Ridge wind spd..15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.5 9.0 9.0 9.0
Transp wind dir.NW W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15
.SUNDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Areas of smoke
early in the evening, then patchy smoke early
in the evening. Areas of smoke overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....52-57.
Max humidity........34-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop...........Northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming south
overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph decreasing and becoming northwest 5
to 10 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17 17 17 33 33 33 33 33 33 21 21 21
Weather cov.....ARS ARS PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY 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............70 69 67 63 61 60 59 59 57 56 55 54
RH..............20 22 28 31 33 34 35 34 35 37 38 39
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10
Ridge wind dir..NW NW N N NE E E E SE SE S S
Ridge wind spd..5 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...8.0 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 N N N N N N N NW NW
Transp wind spd.15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Areas of smoke early in
the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....70-75.
Min humidity........12-17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop...........Southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming west 10
to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in
the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Light westerly winds increasing to 15 to 20 mph
in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25 25 25 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
Weather cov.....ARS
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............54 55 56 59 62 65 68 70 71 72 72 72
RH..............39 37 35 33 30 26 23 20 18 17 17 17
20 FT wind dir..W W W SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20
Ridge wind dir..S SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W
Ridge wind spd..5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.5 6.0 8.0 9.5 11 12 12 12
Transp wind dir.W S SW W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 20 20
$$
Forecaster...Greely
Requested by...Michael Tuffelmire
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618773.8/TFX
.DELDT 08/08/26
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.EMAIL mthdc@firenet.gov,michael.tuffelmire@usda.gov,clint.reichert@usda.gov,
tfx.ops@noaa.gov