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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUEEN GULCH...HELENA INTERAGENCY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1000 AM MDT WED JUL 29 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND
DISCUSSION
ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. ANY STORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAINFALL, BUT COULD PRODUCE
STRONG ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. EXPECT POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY AT TIME.
AREA WILD FIRES WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BREAK DOWN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND, WHICH
COULD RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. (60-70 PERCENT).
PATCHY SMOKE THROUGH THE
DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....UPPER 70S.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE BY LATE AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (MDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........10 11 14 22 16 12 25 66
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20
TEMP............66 67 70 72 73 75 73 73
RH..............30 29 28 27 24 23 24 28
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 20 20 20
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W NW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 10 10 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.5 4.5 6.0 8.0 11 11 8.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
A SHOWER OR A THUNDERSTORM.
PATCHY SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AT 4 TO 8 MPH.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
RIDGETOP...........NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND
5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH EARLY
IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........77 77 67 75 76 72 73 62 55 27 25 13
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............72 68 66 63 62 61 60 60 60 58 57 57
RH..............29 34 41 44 46 45 47 45 45 47 49 49
20 FT WIND DIR..N NE S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10
RIDGE WIND DIR..N N N N N E E SE SW W SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..15 15 15 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE E SE S S S SW S S W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). SMOKE. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 20 16 20 12 4 2 9 20 33 38 41
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20
TEMP............56 58 60 62 65 68 70 72 73 73 74 72
RH..............46 47 45 43 40 36 32 28 27 24 22 21
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W NW N
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W NW N
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 0
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 4.5 7.5 9.5 10 10 10 10
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW W W W SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10
FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...RACHAEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/29/26
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