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Spot Forecast for South Meadow
National Weather Service Missoula MT
330 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on October 02. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Numerous rain showers are seen in regional radar
imagery this afternoon, with activity spreading into northwest 
Montana through this evening and tonight. This activity will bring
rainfall, with a 60% chance for wetting rains by Thursday 
morning. Shower activity within a moist southwest flow will 
continue into Thursday, with cool temperatures and higher RHs. A 
lull in shower activity is expected Friday, before another system
moves into the area on Saturday. 

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely.  
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...60 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent. 
* Min Temperature.....40-45.  
* Max Humidity........91-96 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........South-southwest 5-8 mph becoming
  variable/downslope 2-5 mph after 2000 MDT. 
* Mixing Height.......2000 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 15 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.05-0.15 inches. 

.THURSDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...40 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....Up to 10 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....47-52. 
* Min Humidity........75-80 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 3-6 mph. 
* Mixing Height.......2000 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.04-0.12 inches. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers 
  in the evening. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...10 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Min Temperature.....38-43. 
* Max Humidity........79-84 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........West 3-5 mph shifting to the north-northwest 
  overnight. 
* Mixing Height.......Less than 100 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.01-0.05 inches. 

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....50-55. 
* Min Humidity........58-63 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........North 3-5 mph shifting to the southwest 5-7
  mph in the afternoon with gusts of 8-14 mph. 
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 3000 ft agl late in 
  the afternoon. 
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

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Forecaster...Lukinbeal
Requested by...Rory Hendrickson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2522742.1/MSO
.DELDT 10/01/25
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.EMAIL Rory.Hendrickson@usda.gov