


Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
151 FNUS75 KTFX 232153 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Headwaters Country Jam...Jefferson County Emergency Managment National Weather Service Great Falls MT 353 PM MDT Wed Jul 23 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on July 23. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Ridging aloft begins to build in for drier conditions and warming temperatures for the next couple of days. There will be some cloud builds over the higher terrain through this this evening and again on Thursday afternoon. A southwesterly flow aloft then begins to develop over the region this weekend while the ridge axis becomes anchored over Eastern Montana. This will result in an increase of widely scattered shower and thunderstorm activity, especially in the afternoon and evening hours on Saturday. The primary hazards will be localized strong wind gusts and lightning. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Becoming mostly clear (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....49-54. Max humidity........55-60 percent. Surface winds (mph).North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest overnight. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. Visibility..........Greater than 10 miles. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.1 percent. Max temperature.....86-91. Min humidity........12-17 percent. Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. Visibility..........Greater than 10 miles. .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.3 percent. Min temperature.....53-58. Max humidity........44-49 percent. Surface winds (mph).West winds 5 to 10 mph. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. Visibility..........Greater than 10 miles. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Chance of lightning.Increasing to 20 percent by 1800 local time. Max temperature.....89-94. Min humidity........15-20 percent. Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds near shower or storms. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. Visibility..........Greater than 10 miles. $$ Forecaster...Greely Requested by...Doug Dodge Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2518430.1/TFX .DELDT 07/23/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ddodge@jeffersoncounty-mt.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov