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FNUS75 KMSO 101358
FWSMSO
SPOT FORECAST FOR MINK PEAK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
758 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MDT ON OCTOBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A COUPLE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS TODAY UNLIKELY TO
PRODUCE WETTING RAINS. BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM
AFTER 1700 MDT. OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SOUTH WINDS AND MILD.
INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY WITH SNOW
LEVELS LOWERING TO NEAR PRESCRIBED ELEVATION BY SATURDAY MORNING.
WETTING RAIN/PRECIP AMOUNTS UNLIKELY UNLESS DIRECTLY UNDER HEAVIER
SHOWER. SNOW SHOWER CHANCES CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON
SATURDAY, INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SUNDAY MORNING,
AND COLDER. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6-14 INCHES BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.60-1.20 INCHES OF RAIN/SNOW
WATER EQUIVALENT BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY
IN THE MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
* CWR (> 0.10 INCH)...LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
* MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH IN
THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
* MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
* MIXING WINDS........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.00-0.01 INCHES.
TONIGHT
* SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE RAIN SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN CHANCE RAIN
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
* CWR (> 0.10 INCH)...35 PERCENT.
* MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
* MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.
* MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL
OVERNIGHT.
* MIXING WINDS........WEST-SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.00-0.09 INCHES.
SATURDAY
* SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING. CHANCE SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
* CWR (> 0.10 INCH)...40 PERCENT.
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
* MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
MPH BECOMING WEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
* MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 2000 FT AGL.
* MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.02-0.23 INCHES.
FORECASTER...PARKER/SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JOSH STROOT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523296.0/MSO
.DELDT 10/10/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOSHUA.D.STROOT@USDA.GOV
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