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Spot Forecast for Wild Rice RX 5/4

National Weather Service Missoula MT

216 AM MDT Wed May 6 2026



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on May 06. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...Winds shift to the west today while daytime high 

temperatures increase to above normal where they will stay for the

rest of the week. A weak disturbance this evening will bring 

chances for thunderstorms (about 10% chance). Storms that develop

will be capable of small hail, lightning, and erratic outflow 

winds gusting to 30-40 mph. Skies stay partly cloudy on Thursday 

and humidity increases from today. Winds stay westerly. 



.TODAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....67-72. 

* Min Humidity........34-39 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph becoming west 5-9 mph with 

  gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 6500 ft agl in the 

  afternoon. 

* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph. 

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



.TONIGHT...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly clear. 

  Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. 

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent. 

* Chance Lightning....20 percent. 

* Min Temperature.....46-51. 

* Max Humidity........68-73 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-8 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the 

  evening. 

* 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. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....65-70. 

* Min Humidity........36-41 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph becoming west 6-12 mph in 

  the afternoon. 

* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 6500 ft agl in the 

  afternoon. 

* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. 

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



$$

Forecaster...Messina

Requested by...Stephens

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

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