977
FNUS75 KMSO 161152
FWSMSO
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRIZ FOOTBALL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
552 AM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 MDT ON OCTOBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MONTANA
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN RESULT WILL BE BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS,
WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON. PEAK WINDS
ARE ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 1500-1700 MDT. PRECIPITATION IS NOT
EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT, WITH ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS.
OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR, APPROACHING 70 DEGREES BY MID AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT.
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....0 PERCENT.
* MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
* MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 12-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.00 INCHES.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........58 58 58 45 45 45 32 32 32 32 32 32
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............39 39 37 39 45 51 55 60 64 66 67 65
RH..............67 68 68 68 59 48 38 33 30 28 28 34
SURFACE WND DIR.E E E SE SE SE SW SW SW W W W
SURFACE WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 12 12 12 15 15 15
SURFACE WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 15 20 22 26 25 22
SATURDAY NIGHT
* SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
* CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT.
* CHANCE LIGHTNING....0 PERCENT.
* MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
* MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
* WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
* PRECIP AMOUNT.......0.00 INCHES.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........42 42 42 52 52 52 40 40 40 26 26 26
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF LTNG (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 59 55 50 48 47 46 45 43 42 41 39
RH..............39 49 57 63 68 71 75 79 84 87 89 91
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W W W W W W N N N
SURFACE WND SPD.10 10 10 5 5 5 2 2 2 0 0 0
SURFACE WND GST.20 20 20 10 10 10 5 5 5
FORECASTER...JENNK
REQUESTED BY...KURT FEILZER
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2623881.0/MSO
.DELDT 10/16/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL KURT.FEILZER@MSO.UMT.EDU
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