Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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FNUS75 KTFX 271148
FWSTFX
Spot Forecast for Kelly Gulch Rx...HIDC
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
548 AM MDT Sun Sep 27 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on September 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Expect increasing clouds throughout the day, along with lighter
winds. There is a small chance for a light rain shower this
evening. Any precipitation should be less than 0.05 inches.
Generally dry and mild conditons expected Mon thru Fri, with a bit
windier conditions for Tue/Wed afternoons.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....62-67.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph shifting to the southeast
in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67 64 66 56 65 72 62 76 77 80 79 76
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............34 35 38 43 49 53 55 57 60 62 62 63
RH..............46 46 46 41 38 36 34 35 33 32 32 32
20 FT wind dir..N N N SE S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.5
Transp wind dir.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). A light rain
shower possible, mostly early this evening.
CWR.................Less than 5 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 10 percent.
Min temperature.....42-47.
Max humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........78 92 88 74 76 80 77 80 79 75 73 65
Weather cov.....ISO ISO
Weather type....RA RA
Tstm cov........ISO ISO
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............62 58 56 53 52 51 50 49 48 48 46 46
RH..............36 42 45 46 48 51 56 59 61 62 64 67
20 FT wind dir..SE SE E E E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 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.SE SE SE S S SE SE E SE SE E SE
Transp wind spd.10 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
cloudy (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....67-72.
Min humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west around 5 mph with
gusts to around 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the
southwest late in the morning, then shifting to
the west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........53 53 53 24 24 24 2 2 2 6 6 6
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............45 44 46 50 56 60 63 65 67 68 68 69
RH..............70 70 70 64 57 50 43 40 35 32 30 29
20 FT wind dir..E E E S S S W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 3.0 4.0 5.5 6.5 7.0 7.0 7.0
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE S SW SW W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
$$
Forecaster...Brusda
Requested by...Marquardt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622535.1/TFX
.DELDT 09/27/26
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.EMAIL mthdc@firenet.gov,philip.quigley@usda.gov,kyle.a.miller@usda.gov,william.menning@usda.gov,kyle.marquardt@usda.gov