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Spot Forecast for West Fork Horse Barn Pile Burn
National Weather Service Missoula MT
313 AM MDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showers are expected to be in the area, especially
this afternoon but the chance of a wetting rain is low. Westerly
winds pick up around midday. Thursday will be warmer and drier
with lighter winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers early
  in the morning, then rain showers, snow showers likely and
  slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....15 percent.
* Max Temperature.....46-51.
* Min Humidity........30-35 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph becoming southwest to west
  8-13 mph midday. Gust to 20 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 6000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.03-0.13 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....22-27.
* Max Humidity........85-90 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 6-13 mph becoming variable 2-4
  mph around sunset.
* Mixing Height.......4000 ft agl decreasing to 500 ft agl early in
  the evening.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.THURSDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in
  the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....53-58.
* Min Humidity........23-28 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest around 6 mph shifting to the west
  6-9 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 7500 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.05 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Booth
Requested by...Scott Woodin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412852.0/MSO
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL scott.woodin@usda.gov