519  
FNUS75 KMSO 191656  
FWSMSO  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR KGIC WX  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
1056 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JUNE 19.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
(NOT INTENDED TO BE AN AVIATION FORECAST, WILL BE  
REPRESENTATIVE OF CONDITIONS AT OR NEAR GROUND LEVEL) MOSTLY SUNNY  
TODAY WITH INCREASING MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY.  
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS VERY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LARGE  
RANGE OF FORECAST PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING  
WILL BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON HIT-OR-MISS CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WHICH  
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PUT DOWN A BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN, VARIABLE  
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH, AND SOME SMALL HAIL (MOSTLY PEA SIZE) IF THE  
STORMS PASS DIRECTLY OVER THE AIRPORT. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE  
ANTICIPATED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER END OF FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION, AGAIN, CAPTURES THE POTENTIAL FOR A CONVECTIVE  
SHOWER OR STORM DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE AIRPORT.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
* SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT.  
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....0 PERCENT.  
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.  
* MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.  
* WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (PDT) 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........13 27 28  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0  
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0  
TEMP............63 70 73  
RH..............46 37 33  
SURFACE WIND....N 7G15 N 9G15 N 12G20  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 AM.  
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....50 PERCENT.  
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....15 PERCENT.  
* MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.  
* MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.  
* WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH EARLY IN  
THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 1-4 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT. VARIABLE GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE WITH NEARBY  
EARLY MORNING SHOWER OR STORM.  
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.04-0.25 INCHES.  
 
TIME (PDT) 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM  
SKY (%).........16 30 93 75  
WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE  
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RAIN RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........ S CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 40 40  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 10 20  
TEMP............73 67 57 53  
RH..............33 42 50 63  
SURFACE WIND....N 10G15 NW 7G15 SE 2G5 S 2G5  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
* SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE  
MORNING, THEN ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....80 PERCENT.  
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....30 PERCENT.  
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.  
* MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.  
* WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING  
NORTH-NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.06-0.25 INCHES.  
 
TIME (PDT) 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM  
SKY (%).........81 89 91 91  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........ S CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 80 80  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 10 20  
TEMP............50 54 55 54  
RH..............71 68 65 66  
SURFACE WIND....SE 2G5 N 5G10 NW 9G15 NW 9G15  
 

 
FORECASTER...PARKER/LEACH  
REQUESTED BY...LARS FILSON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2516252.0/MSO  
.DELDT 06/19/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL LARS.FILSON@USDA.GOV,JEREMY.BEESON@USDA.GOV,GERAL.LOGIE@USDA.GOV,MARK.VANDLIK@USDA.GOV,BENJAMIN.FIRGENS@USDA.GOV  
 
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