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Spot Forecast for Cherry Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
634 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Generally warm and dry both days. Poorer RH recovery
Friday morning. A dry front will move through late Friday evening.
Expect gusty west winds 15 to 25 mph for a few hours before
gradually diminishing after midnight. Highs on Saturday will be in
the lower 80s with min RHs in the mid 20s percent. With the
weather system on Monday night into Thursday, there could be a
few showers or thunderstorms, but the NBM only gives this location
a 11 percent chance for a wetting rain (greater than 0.09").
Beyond that, there isn`t any chance for rain through July 28.

.TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Haze.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....85-90.
* Min Humidity........16-20 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming southwest 7 to 11
  mph with gusts to 18 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 8500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph increasing to West-
  southwest 15 mph in the afternoon.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. Haze.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Min Temperature.....57-61.
* Max Humidity........38-45 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-Northwest 4 to 8 mph in the evening
  becoming variable 2-4 mph.
* Mixing Height.......5000 ft agl decreasing to less than 100 ft
  agl early in the evening.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 10 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

.FRIDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Sunny. Haze.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent.
* Chance Lightning....0 percent.
* Max Temperature.....87-92.
* Min Humidity........15-20 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph becoming southwest 5 to 8
  mph in the afternoon, southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20
  mph by late afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......1000 ft agl increasing to 9500 ft agl.
* Mixing Winds........Southwest 10 mph increasing to Southwest 20
  mph
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Noble
Requested by...Spencer Hanson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518075.3/MSO
.DELDT 07/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Shanson@idl.idaho.gov