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Spot Forecast for Training training training missoula
National Weather Service Missoula MT
1122 AM MDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on April 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showery conditions are expected this afternoon
along with an increase in north to northwest winds. Winds shift
to northeast this evening, and showers dissipate overnight.
Expect decreasing clouds, warmer temperatures, and light and
variable winds on Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Snow early in the afternoon. Rain
  early in the afternoon, then rain showers and slight chance of
  thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
* Chance of Precip....80 percent.
* Chance Lightning....20 percent.
* Max Temperature.....45-50.
* Min Humidity........51-56 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 3-6 mph becoming northwest 5-7 mph
  with gusts around 15-20 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......4500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.06 inches.

TIME (MDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  88  88  88  88  88
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RS  RN  RN  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........            SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).80  80  80  80  80  80
Chc of ltng (%).10  10  10  20  20  20
Temp............41  44  44  45  46  45
RH..............62  60  59  57  58  58
Surface wnd dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.3   5   5   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  10  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
  slight chance of thunderstorms early in the evening. Chance of
  snow showers early in the evening, then chance of snow late in
  the evening.
* Chance of Precip....50 percent.
* Chance Lightning....20 percent.
* Min Temperature.....19-24.
* Max Humidity........81-86 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Northwest around 6 mph shifting to the
  northeast around 5 mph late in the evening, then becoming
  variable 1-3 mph in the late evening and overnight.
* Mixing Height.......1500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........North 15 mph shifting to the east 10 mph
  early in the evening.
* Precip Amount.......0.04 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........85  88  84  85  78  67  45  36  29  25  17  15
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RS  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  50  50  50  50  0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of ltng (%).20  20  20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............44  41  38  36  34  33  32  30  29  27  25  24
RH..............59  69  77  79  81  81  79  82  80  82  84  84
Surface wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E
Surface wnd spd.6   6   6   5   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1
Surface wnd gst.10  10  10  10  10  5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW  N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  5

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny.
* Chance of Precip....0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....48-53.
* Min Humidity........27-32 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3 mph.
* Mixing Height.......4000 ft agl increasing to 5000 ft agl in the
  afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........East 5 mph shifting to the north 5 mph late
  in the afternoon.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  13  14  22  14  12  9   9   9   10  10  10
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............23  22  24  27  31  35  39  42  44  46  48  49
RH..............86  86  82  76  69  59  49  43  39  36  33  31
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
Surface wnd gst.5           5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
Forecaster...Kitsmiller
Requested by...Ron brunell
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2508795.0/MSO
.DELDT 04/03/25
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.EMAIL Brunell94@gmail.com