801
FNUS75 KMSO 262351
FWSMSO
SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING GULCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
551 PM MDT WED AUG 26 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE WIND
DIRECTION A BIT CHAOTIC THROUGH MID EVENING. THERE IS STILL A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP
THROUGH ABOUT 9PM WITH OUTFLOW GUSTS TO 30-40 MPH NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. THEN A SHIFT TO A SOUTHEAST TO EAST WIND FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND ONLY MODEST RH RECOVERY.
A FEW LIGHT MORNING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY THEN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WETTING RAIN
CHANCES ARE LOW BUT OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN.
OTHERWISE, BACKGROUND WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST IN THE MORNING, THEN
GUSTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
AND MIN RH WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TONIGHT
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
* CWR (> 0.10 INCH)...LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....UP TO 10 PERCENT.
* MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
* MAX HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8-12
MPH OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALL
DAY AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
* CWR (> 0.10 INCH)...LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....20 PERCENT.
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
* MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 5-8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...BOOTH
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMANDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620642.0/MSO
.DELDT 08/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MTMDC@FIRENET.GOV,THEODEN.M.JOHNSON@USDA.GOV
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