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Spot Forecast for Moose Mountain Wildfire

National Weather Service Missoula MT

1136 AM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026



Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 PDT on August 04. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...A ridge of high pressure over the region is causing

a warming and drying trend, stable conditions, and strengthening

thermal belts. The stable conditions will cause terrain driven

winds today and tomorrow and morning humidity recovery should 

trend down through Friday morning.





.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Smoke. 

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....Bottom 75-80...Top 70-75.

* Min Humidity........25-30 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2-4 mph becoming northwest around

  5 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 11 mph in the afternoon on the

  ridges.

* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 7500 ft agl late in 

  the morning. 

* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.





.TONIGHT...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Smoke.

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Min Temperature.....Bottom: 43-48. Midslopes/Ridges: 45-50. 

* Max Humidity........Bottom: 70-75 percent. Midslopes/Ridges: 

 47-52 percent.

* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5-6 mph in the evening becoming 

  variable 2-4 mph. 

* Mixing Height.......5000 ft agl decreasing to 500 ft agl early in 

  the evening. 

* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 



.WEDNESDAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Smoke.

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....Bottom 80-85...Top 75-80.

* Min Humidity........20-25 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 5-6 mph in

  the afternoon. Gusts to 12 mph in the afternoon on the ridges. 

* Mixing Height.......1500 ft agl increasing to 5500 ft agl late in 

  the morning. 

* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 



$$

Forecaster...Booth

Requested by...Brian Russell

Type of request...WILDFIRE

.TAG 2618961.0/MSO

.DELDT 08/04/26

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.EMAIL graydon.galloway@usda.gov,seangaines@msn.com,brian.russell@usda.gov