Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Missoula, MT

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Spot Forecast for South Meadow
National Weather Service Missoula MT
639 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION... Hot and dry continuing with increasing mid-high
level clouds increasing Monday night into Tuesday. Overnight
valley inversions / thermal belts continue to be expected with
decent overnight recovery near valley bottom and poor recoveries
up on the higher slopes. Inversion top near 6000 ft MSL. Slight
chance elevated storm / virga shower that could produce erratic
outflow gusts up to 25 mph Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.
Slightly cooler temperatures and increasing RH with chances for
showers and storms that have a low chance of wetting rains by
Thursday and Friday.

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....77-82.
* Min Humidity........20-25 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2-5 mph with gusts up to 10 mph in
  the morning becoming variable/west 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15
  mph in the afternoon.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....57-62.
* Max Humidity........38-43 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable/west 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15
  mph in the evening becoming east 3-5 mph with gusts up to 10 mph
  overnight.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TUESDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance elevated storm
  / virga shower that could produce erratic outflow gusts up to 25
  mph in the afternoon and evening.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....77-82.
* Min Humidity........22-27 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........East 3-5 mph with gusts up to 10 mph in the
  morning becoming variable/west 2-5 mph with gusts up to 15 mph
  in the afternoon. Direct impact from stronger outflow gusts
  could reach 25 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Parker/Lukinbeal
Requested by...Cory Farmer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520600.0/MSO
.DELDT 08/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cory.farmer@usda.gov