725  
FNUS75 KMSO 041451  
FWSMSO  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRIZ FOOTBALL  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
851 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
A DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA LATE  
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING CAUSING STEADY RAIN OVER THE  
STADIUM. THE RAIN SHOULD BE DIMINISHING BY MID MORNING, THEN  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE  
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL  
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  
   
SATURDAY  
 
* SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF  
FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....70 PERCENT.  
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....UP TO 10 PERCENT.  
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.  
* MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.  
* WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.  
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.11 INCHES.  
 
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........99 99 92 92 92 55 55 55 41 41 41  
WEATHER COV.....LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RN RNF RNF RN RN  
TSTM COV........ SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 30 30 20 10 10 0 0 0 10 20  
CHC OF LTNG (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10  
TEMP............45 44 48 52 56 60 64 69 71 73 73  
RH..............100 100 100 96 85 73 62 55 49 45 45  
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N N E E E E E E  
SURFACE WND SPD.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  
SURFACE WND GST. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
   
SATURDAY NIGHT  
 
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN LIKELY  
LATE IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.  
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....60 PERCENT.  
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....15 PERCENT.  
* MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.  
* MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.  
* WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.  
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.03 INCHES.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........75 75 75 75 75 75 30 30 30 50 50 50  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 60 60 60 60 20 20 20 20 20 20  
CHC OF LTNG (%).20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0  
TEMP............71 70 66 61 58 55 53 51 50 49 47 45  
RH..............49 54 61 69 77 83 89 93 95 96 98 99  
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N  
SURFACE WND SPD.2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0  
SURFACE WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5  
 
 
FORECASTER...SMITH  
REQUESTED BY...KURT FEILZER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2621197.0/MSO  
.DELDT 09/04/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL KURT.FEILZER@MSO.UMT.EDU  
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