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Spot Forecast for Big Creek
National Weather Service Missoula MT
1034 AM MDT Sun Apr 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MDT on April 06. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...High pressure will remain in place today with 
generally light terrain driven winds. RHs are expected to trend
slightly drier than what was observed on Saturday, placing RHs
down into the upper teens or low 20s.

A cold front will pass through the area Monday afternoon, 
bringing increasing clouds, and winds shifting from the southwest
in the morning to west by late afternoon or early evening. 
Showers are expected by Monday afternoon, but wetting rains are 
not likely through Monday afternoon. Wetting rains do become 
likely (60-70 percent chance) Monday night into Tuesday morning. 
The most likely rainfall in this timeframe is 0.10 to 0.20". 


.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....62-67. 
* Min Humidity........16-21 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph. 
* Mixing Height.......3500 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear becoming partly cloudy. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Min Temperature.....39-44. 
* Max Humidity........45-50 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph. 
* Mixing Height.......500 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the 
  afternoon. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....61-66. 
* Min Humidity........30-35 percent. Min RH will likely occur in
  the mid to late morning, then increasing in the afternoon. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-7 mph in the morning, increasing
  to 7-12 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. 
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 4500 ft agl in the 
  afternoon. 
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 15 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.03 inches. 

$$
Forecaster...JennK
Requested by...David Tingley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508990.0/MSO
.DELDT 04/06/25
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.EMAIL david.tingley@usda.gov