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Spot Forecast for Bass Creek
National Weather Service Missoula MT
437 PM MDT Fri Jul 26 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MDT on July 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....65-70.
* Min Humidity........20-25 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-Southwest 7-12 mph gust to 20 mph.
* Mixing Height.......4500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Haines Index........4 low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Chc of ltng (%).0
LAL.............1
Temp............65
RH..............26
20 FT wind dir..W
20 FT wind spd..14
20 FT wind gust.25
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5
Transp wind dir.W
Transp wind spd.15
Haines index....4

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Haze late in the evening. Haze
  after 3 am.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Min Temperature.....49-54.
* Max Humidity........29-34 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West around 15 mph decreasing to 3-6 mph
                      after 1800.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl decreasing to less than 100 ft
  agl early in the evening.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph decreasing to 5 mph overnight.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........9   12  18  19  22  20  12  15  8   9   12  12
Weather cov.....                DEF DEF DEF ARS ARS ARS DEF DEF
Weather type....                HAZ HAZ HAZ SMK SMK SMK HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............65  63  62  58  56  55  54  54  53  52  52  51
RH..............25  26  28  31  31  29  28  28  29  30  29  29
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..17  17  7   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.25  25  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 3.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  15  10  10  10  10  10  5   5   5   5   5
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.SATURDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. Haze in the afternoon.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* LAL.................1.
* Max Temperature.....66-71.
* Min Humidity........21-26 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 6-9 mph
                      with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2000 ft agl increasing to 7500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph increasing to 20 mph in the afternoon.
* Haines Index........4 low.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  10  13  6   4   4   4   4   10  15  15  24
Weather cov.....ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS DEF ARS DEF
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK HAZ SMK HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............51  51  53  56  59  60  63  66  66  67  68  67
RH..............31  32  32  33  33  34  33  32  29  28  27  27
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   SW  SW  E   E   E   E   NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..5   3   2   2   3   3   5   5   6   7   8   9
20 FT wind gust.    5   5   5   10  10  15  15  15  15  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 6.5 7.5 7.0 6.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   10  10  15  15  20  20  20
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...RPN
Requested by...Warren Appelhans
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/26/24
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.EMAIL wjappelhans@gmail.com