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Spot Forecast for Daisy Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
752 AM MDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on August 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Cooler temperatures and generally dry conditions will persist through
the weekend. Easterly winds will prevail over the next couple days
reaching sustained wind speeds of 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph
in the afternoon and calming down to light and variable overnight.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Max temperature.....63-68.
Min humidity........34-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 10 to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  28  34  38  43  36  29  16  17  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  54  56  58  60  61  63  64  65  64
RH..............62  56  55  51  49  48  44  43  39  39
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  20  20  25  25  25  25  25
Ridge wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  E   E
Ridge wind spd..10  10  10  5   5   5   5   5   10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Min temperature.....43-48.
Max humidity........68-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5
                    mph after 3 am.
 Ridgetop...........East 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south early
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........13  11  9   8   8   13  15  15  13  14  11  11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  63  59  56  54  53  52  50  49  47  47  46
RH..............40  42  47  52  57  58  59  65  66  70  72  74
20 FT wind dir..E   E   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.25  25  20  20  20  15  15  15      10  10  10
Ridge wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..10  15  15  15  20  20  20  20  20  15  15  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 3.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....67-72.
Min humidity........29-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to
                    around 15 mph late in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east in
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 15 mph.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   18  9   8   4   5   3   5   4   9   13  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  46  48  51  55  58  61  64  65  67  68  69
RH..............74  73  66  60  54  48  45  41  38  36  33  32
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  15  15  15  20  20  20  20  20  20
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E
Ridge wind spd..5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15

$$
Forecaster...Glinskas
Requested by...Matthew Lamb
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520445.0/TFX
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.lamb@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov