Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT

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Spot Forecast for Cherry Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
419 PM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A warming and drying trend is expected over the fire
for the next couple of days. Winds and instability increase over
the fire on Thursday afternoon with gusts up to 20 mph. Friday
trends even warmer and drier with gusts around 15 mph in the
afternoon.

TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Haze.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....51-56.
* Max Humidity........57-62 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-10 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 2-4 mph.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to less than 100 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 5 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.THURSDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Haze.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....87-92.
* Min Humidity........14-19 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming west 7-12 mph with
  gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......3000 ft agl increasing to 9500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....52-57.
* Max Humidity........50-55 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5-7 mph in the evening becoming
  variable 2-4 mph.
* Mixing Height.......6000 ft agl decreasing to less than 100 ft
  agl.
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....89-94.
* Min Humidity........12-17 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming southwest 5-7 mph
  with gusts around 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......1000 ft agl increasing to 9500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Kitsmiller
Requested by...Spencer Hanson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518075.2/MSO
.DELDT 07/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Shanson@idl.idaho.gov