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FNUS75 KGGW 051820
FWSGGW
SPOT FORECAST FOR RED HAWK FIRE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1220 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 MDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT (406) 228-9622.
DISCUSSION
LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE BURN
AREA BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT
60 MPH, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. BUT IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT THE
STRONGER/SEVERE STORMS WILL STAY TO THE SOUTH (AS THE MAJORITY
WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL MONTANA INTO SOUTHEAST MONTANA).
AFTER THAT, QUIETER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LINGERING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION TOTALS
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT COULD BE FROM A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH.
SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE SUNNY WITH A LIGHT WEST WIND.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON. HAZE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...48 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 9
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
WEST AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 77 67 81 81
WEATHER COV.....LKY DEF DEF CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW HAZ RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............70 70 70 70 70
CHC OF THDR (%).30 30 50 40 50
TEMP............76 77 77 78 72
RH..............50 49 47 52 62
20 FT WIND DIR..E E N NW SE
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S N W N
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 9 12 10
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. HAZE
OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT DECREASING TO 6 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...62 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE EVENING
SHIFTING TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING,
THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO
THE WEST.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........77 78 61 57 51 51 34 31 25 30 32 28
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW HAZ HAZ
TSTM COV........LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).60 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0
TEMP............73 72 69 67 64 63 62 61 60 58 58 57
RH..............61 63 66 68 76 80 81 84 83 82 81 83
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE S SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
20 FT WIND GUST.11 10 10 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 2.6 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW NE NW NE W W SW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 14 12 13 12 9 12 10 12 12
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). HAZE EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SMOKE LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 20 MPH.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........37 37 37 15 15 15 19 19 19 33 33 33
WEATHER COV..... DEF DEF DEF ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... HAZ HAZ HAZ SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
TEMP............56 58 61 65 70 74 76 78 80 81 83 83
RH..............82 80 75 66 58 50 43 38 35 33 31 30
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.8 1.2 1.7 3.4 5.2 6.7 7.5 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 16 16 16 16 17 18 20 20 20 18
FORECASTER...JAMBA
REQUESTED BY...RACHEL F.
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517389.0/GGW
.DELDT 07/05/25
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