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Spot Forecast for Montague Plains WMA 6/25/2026...MassWildlife
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
401 AM EDT Thu Jun 25 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 EDT on June 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather today near Greenfield, MA with light southwesterly
winds remaining mostly below 10 MPH. These light winds will shift
more southerly heading into tonight. Chances for showers and
embedded thunderstorms tick up after 8 PM tonight. Minimum
relative humidity values will fall to around 40 percent this
afternoon.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Dewpoint............53.
Max apparent temp...56.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4.
CEILING (KFT).......25.

TIME (EDT)      5AM
Sky (%).........28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
Temp............56
Dewpoint........53
RH..............90
Heat index (F)..56
20 FT wind dir..S
20 FT wind spd..2
20 FT wind gust.5
Surface wnd dir.S
Surface wnd spd.2
Surface wnd gst.5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4
Transp wind dir.W
Transp wind spd.5
LVORI...........6
ADI.............4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2
Ventrate Cat....PR
Ceiling (kft)...25

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
CWR.................3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Dewpoint............56.
Max apparent temp...82.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming southwest
                    around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (65500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 80 in the
                    afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......25 decreasing to 10.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........45     42     51     68     81     72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............55     62     72     79     81     81
Dewpoint........54     56     58     57     56     57
RH..............96     81     61     47     42     44
Heat index (F)..55     62     72     79     81     81
20 ft wind......S 2    SW 1   SW 2   SW 3   SW 5   SW 5
20 ft wind gust.5      6      5      7      8      9
Surface wind....S 2    SW 1   SW 2   SW 3   SW 5   SW 5
Surface wnd gst.5      6      5      7      8      9
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1000   3200   6000   7300   6100
Transport wind..SW 5   W 5    W 6    W 8    SW 10  SW 9
LVORI...........8      5      2      1      1      1
ADI.............4      6      24     59     80     69
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2      4      16     42     66     49
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   FAIR
Ceiling (kft)...25     25     25     20     13     12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of thunderstorms
                    through the night. Chance of showers in the
                    evening, then showers after midnight. Patchy
                    fog early in the morning.
CWR.................4 percent increasing to 33 percent early, then
                    increasing to 46 percent around midnight
                    increasing to 72 percent early in the morning
                    decreasing to 53 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 59.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............60.
Max apparent temp...79.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming south 5 to 6 mph
                    after midnight. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (23600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................2 to 35.
CEILING (KFT).......9.0 decreasing to 2.0.

TIME (EDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........63     77     80     87     95     92
Weather cov.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE
Weather type....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     ISOLTD ISOLTD S CHC
CWR.............0      20     30     40     70     70
Temp............79     74     69     66     64     62
Dewpoint........59     61     62     61     60     61
RH..............50     64     78     84     87     97
Heat index (F)..79     74     69     66     64     62
20 ft wind......SW 3   SE 1   S 2    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 ft wind gust.8      5      6      7      9      10
Surface wind....SW 3   SE 1   S 2    S 5    S 5    S 5
Surface wnd gst.8      5      6      7      9      10
Mix hgt (ft)....2900   500    500    500    600    500
Transport wind..SW 9   S 7    S 7    S 7    S 8    S 9
LVORI...........1      3      4      5      6      9
ADI.............35     7      3      3      4      4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..24     3      3      3      4      4
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR
Ceiling (kft)...9.0    8.0    6.0    4.5    3.5    2.5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms through
                    the day. Showers likely in the morning, then
                    chance of showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog
                    early in the morning.
CWR.................58 percent decreasing to 30 percent early in
                    the morning, then decreasing to 12 percent
                    through early afternoon increasing to 34
                    percent late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........58 percent.
Dewpoint............62 increasing to 66 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Max apparent temp...83.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph shifting to the southwest 15
                    to 16 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (95900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................11 early in the morning increasing to 64 in the
                    afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......1.5 decreasing to 1.0 early in the morning,
                    then decreasing to 0.7 early increasing to 1.0
                    late in the morning increasing to 1.5
                    increasing to 2.8 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 4.0 increasing to 5.3 early in
                    the afternoon increasing to 6.5.

TIME (EDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........89           70           63
Weather cov.....LIKELY       CHANCE       CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR       RNSHWR       RNSHWR
Tstm cov........ISOLTD                    ISOLTD
CWR.............60           10           30
Temp............61           69           80
Dewpoint........60           66           66
RH..............97           90           62
Heat index (F)..61           69           82
20 FT wind......S 6G12       S 5G10       SW 7G13
Surface wind....S 6G12       S 5G10       SW 7G13
Mix hgt (ft)....600          1700         4100
Transport wind..S 10         S 13         SW 14
LVORI...........7            4            1
ADI.............11           22           39
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6            19           50
Ventrate Cat....POOR         POOR         FAIR
Ceiling (kft)...1.5          1.2          5.3

$$
Forecaster...Hrencecin
Requested by...Alex Entrup
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/25/26
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.EMAIL alex.entrup@mass.gov