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Spot Forecast for Crow Creek/Slim Sam RX...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
643 AM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on April 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Showers early this morning have largely stayed off to the east and
south of the prescribed burn area. Although unlikely, these
showers may briefly impact the site early this morning.
Additional showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon, again
largely off to the south and east, but have a better chance of
impacting the prescribed burn area today. The chance for
measurable rain (0.01") today is around 40%, while the chance for
a wetting rain is less than 10%. Temperatures begin to trend
cooler Tuesday in advance of much below average temperatures
Wednesday through Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms
                    after 1200 hrs.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....56-61.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near any thunderstorms that form
                    in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....31-36.
Max humidity........58-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph shifting to
                    the west 15 to 25 mph overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain or snow in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....45-50.
Min humidity........26-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20
                    mph in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...McDowell
Requested by...Bajin Smith
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410697.1/TFX
.DELDT 04/15/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bajin.smith@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov