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Spot Forecast for Wakina Sky RX...USDA USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
505 AM MDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on October 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Note...NWS IMET on scene might adjust this forecast later this
morning if needed.

.DISCUSSION...
Expect mostly cloud skies today, with mid/high level clouds
throughout the day. I am thinking all light rain showers will be
to your north, but if it does rain, it should mostly be a
sprinkle/very light rain shower today. It will be cool today, but
warmer/a bit windy tomorrow. Monday is looking to be the
warmest/low humidity/windy day.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....61-66.
Min humidity........45-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northeast around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph shifting to the north late in
                    the morning, then shifting to the west in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61  64  56  63  66  67  58  58  69  57  50  50
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............43  43  43  46  49  52  54  57  60  61  63  63
RH..............97  97  97  87  71  70  66  61  56  51  50  50
20 FT wind dir..SW  N   N   W   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.                5   5   10  10  10  15  15  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  N   NW  W   W   NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....44-49.
Max humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds around 5 mph, then becoming
                    downslope during the evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the east
                    early in the evening, then shifting to the
                    southwest in the late evening and overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........50  51  60  53  58  50  55  54  66  68  57  57
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............62  60  57  55  53  52  52  51  50  50  49  48
RH..............51  56  63  64  66  66  68  67  69  69  71  71
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   SW  SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..5   0   0   0   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   NE  E   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   10  5   5   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....71-76.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds around 5 mph shifting to the west
                    in the afternoon. Some gusts around 20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to west 15 to
                    20 mph early in the afternoon, then increasing
                    to 20 to 25 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  64  64  55  55  55  27  27  27  23  23  23
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............48  47  48  52  57  60  63  67  71  72  72  73
RH..............72  72  71  64  59  54  47  42  36  32  32  33
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   W   W   W   W   W   W
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  20  15  20  20  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 7.5 7.5 8.0 6.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   10  15  15  20  25  20  15

$$
Forecaster...Brusda
Requested by...Matthew Sagan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622708.2/TFX
.DELDT 10/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL philip.quigley@usda.gov,matthew.sagan@usda.gov,stephen.bodnar@noaa.gov