Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
466 FNUS75 KTFX 021444 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Eitten Ridge Rx...USFS National Weather Service Great Falls MT 844 AM MDT Thu May 2 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on May 03. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... The vast majority of snow associated with the ongoing system will conclude by Friday morning, but a few lingering snow showers will be around through the morning. Additional showers will be around in the afternoon Friday, but appear far too isolated to include mention of at this time. Weak upper level ridging builds in Friday evening, allowing for a benign Friday night and Saturday. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Chance of snow showers, primarily in the morning. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....44-49. Min humidity........40-45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....23-28. Max humidity........72-77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south overnight. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 10 mph. Haines Index........ .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....55-60. Min humidity........28-33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 20 mph. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...McDowell Requested by...Kyle Marquardt Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413027.0/TFX .DELDT 05/02/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL kyle.marquardt@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov