765  
FNUS75 KGGW 291840  
FWSGGW  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE...BLM  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT  
1240 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1300 MDT ON AUGUST 29.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AT (406) 228-9622.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
A PUSH OF MONSOONAL AIR FROM THE SOUTHWEST HAS AIDED IN BRINGING  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 30 PERCENT. THERE IS MODERATE (50  
PERCENT) CONFIDENCE OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES REACHING DAWSON  
COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON. THERE IS HIGH (70 PERCENT) CONFIDENCE OF WIND SPEEDS  
REMAINING BELOW 15 MPH, AND MODERATE (50 PERCENT) CONFIDENCE OF  
WIND GUSTS REMAINING BELOW 15 MPH IN THE REQUESTED FORECAST  
PERIOD.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.  
CWR.................2 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...4 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  
 
TIME (MDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........42 41 48 49 51  
WEATHER COV..... ARS ARS ARS ARS  
WEATHER TYPE.... SMK SMK SMK SMK  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............79 80 80 80 80  
RH..............43 41 41 41 41  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 10 10 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST. 10 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...7.3 7.9 8.5 7.8 6.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 11 13 15 13  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE  
EARLY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 2 AM.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...11 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.  
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........47 58 68 58 55 51 62 71 79 80 84 87  
WEATHER COV.....ARS ARS SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............78 78 75 70 67 66 64 63 62 60 60 58  
RH..............41 43 50 59 64 68 73 76 78 84 86 90  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE S SW S SE SE S  
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 10 10 10 8 6 4 4 4 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.  
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.6 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.11 12 12 13 12 9 7 8 7 7 6 5  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SMOKE.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT INCREASING TO 16 PERCENT IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...24 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.  
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS VARIABLE AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........82 72 72 86 81 85 70 80 70 62 62 58  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC ARS SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW SMK RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH  
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............58 58 61 64 69 72 74 75 76 76 77 76  
RH..............91 93 87 77 70 62 58 55 55 55 55 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SW E NE N NE W S E E SE  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 2 4 4 6 9 11 10 10 8 6  
20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1 2.2 4.1 5.2 5.6 5.9 6.4 5.4 3.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE E NE NE NE E E E E E SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 3 5 7 8 11 15 13 12 10 12  
 

 
FORECASTER...STOINSKI  
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2520946.0/GGW  
.DELDT 08/29/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MTMCC@FIRENET.GOV  
 
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