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Spot Forecast for Whiskey Gulch Hand Piles

National Weather Service Missoula MT

1214 PM MDT Fri Oct 24 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MDT on October 27. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...An unsettled pattern is expected on Monday with a

few snow showers and cool conditions. It also looks to be breezy

with westerly winds. Winds diminish on Monday night and remain 

light on Tuesday. Shower chances also diminish on Tuesday. Overall

precipitation amounts look light on Monday and Tuesday, generally

less than 0.10 inch. 



.MONDAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. 

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

* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....40-45. 

* Min Humidity........46-51 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........West 7-9 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. 

* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 4000 ft agl late 

  in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Winds........West 20 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.01-0.07 inches. 



.MONDAY NIGHT...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Min Temperature.....19-24. 

* Max Humidity........88-93 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph. 

* Mixing Height.......1000 ft agl. 

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

* Precip Amount.......0.01-0.06 inches. 



.TUESDAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly to mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in 

  the morning, then slight chance of rain and snow in the 

  afternoon. 

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

* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....44-49. 

* Min Humidity........43-48 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph becoming southwest 4-8 mph

  in the afternoon with gusts to 14 mph.

* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl increasing to 2500 ft agl by mid

  afternoon.

* Mixing Winds........South 5 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.04 inches. 



$$

Forecaster...Booth

Requested by...Geoffrey Farinholt

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

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