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Spot Forecast for West Fork Hand Piles South (North Coal)

National Weather Service Missoula MT

534 AM MDT Fri Oct 24 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on October 24. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...It will mainly be warm,dry and breezy today. Wind

gusts will generally stay below 25 mph. Some RH recovery tonight,

but not great. Showers on Saturday will be spotty. Temperatures

may end up being slightly milder and RHs could be 3 to 5% lower. A

front brings steadier showers between 6 pm and 11 pm Saturday

evening. A total of 0.10" to 0.20" is possible with the frontal 

passage. Rain changes to light snow Saturday night, with up to 1 

inch of snow accumulation. Snow is again possible Sunday night 

with 1 to 2 inches snow accumulation. Mixing heights will be the 

highest Sunday and Monday, approaching 5000 to 6000 feet along 

with gusty southwest winds. RH recovery will be great this weekend

into early next week. Mixing heights back down to 3000-4000 feet 

Tuesday onwards with poor ventilation rates. 



.TODAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....60-64. 

* Min Humidity........26-30 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........South-southwest 5-12 mph. Gusts up to 23 

  mph in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl late 

  in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Winds........Southwest 20 mph. 

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



.TONIGHT...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Min Temperature.....40-44. 

* Max Humidity........56-62 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........South 6-8 mph with gusts to around 12 mph. 

* Mixing Height.......700 ft agl. 

* Mixing Winds........South 10 mph. 

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



.SATURDAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of light rain in the

  morning, then light rain showers in the afternoon. 

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...20 percent. 

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....52-55. 

* Min Humidity........45-52 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........South-southwest 8-13 mph with gusts to 

  around 22 mph. 

* Mixing Height.......3500 ft agl increasing to 5400 ft agl late 

  in the morning. 

* Mixing Winds........Southwest 23 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.05 inches. 



$$

Forecaster...Noble

Requested by...Scott Woodin

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

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.DELDT 10/24/25

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.EMAIL peter.breigenzer@usda.gov,scott.woodin@usda.gov