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Spot Forecast for 72 Bench...Wildland Fire Service
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
336 AM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Upper level ridging will continue to bring hot and overall dry
conditions through Saturday, with high temperatures peaking on
Saturday before the ridge undergoes a breakdown. Winds will be
predominately terrain driven through Thursday; however, isolated
to scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and on Thursday
could produce gusty and erratic outflow winds. Southwest to west
winds increase on Saturday as temperatures peak, with a 60%
chance for wind gusts to exceed 25 mph. A strong cold front
sweeping east Saturday night and into Sunday will bring a wind
shift to the northwest, with breezy and gusty northwest winds
persisting through the day on Sunday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (50-60 percent). Patchy smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....91-96.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Upslope/Upvalley winds of 3 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  11  6   5   4   11  2   6   32  36  48  56
Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
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............61  65  68  72  80  83  85  89  90  91  92  92
RH..............54  50  43  35  28  24  22  20  19  19  19  19
20 FT wind dir..S   S   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  W   N   N   NW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  5   10  10  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Patchy smoke
                    through the night. Chance of showers in
                    the evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...11 percent.
Min temperature.....59-64.
Max humidity........57-62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Downslope/Down-valley winds of 2 to 5 mph. Gusty
                    and erratic winds possible near showers in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph shifting to the south
                    overnight.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........62  64  78  72  77  64  67  63  57  53  40  36
Weather cov.....PTY PTY CHC SCH SCH SCH PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....SMK SMK RW  RW  RW  RW  SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............91  90  85  80  75  74  71  68  67  65  64  63
RH..............20  21  28  32  39  42  46  51  53  57  58  61
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   SE  S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.15  10  10  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).Areas of smoke. Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...16 percent.
Max temperature.....93-98.
Min humidity........16-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Upslope/Upvalley winds of 3 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL increasing to 11500 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west in the
                    late morning and afternoon.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........29  29  29  20  20  20  9   9   9   28  28  28
Weather cov.....PTY                 PTY PTY ARS     ARS ARS ARS
Weather type....SMK                 SMK SMK SMK     SMK SMK SMK
Tstm cov........                                    SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  20  10  10
Temp............62  64  68  72  80  84  87  89  91  92  93  94
RH..............62  58  52  44  35  30  27  24  22  21  21  21
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.5 5.5 8.0 11  12  11  10
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  5   5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10

$$

Forecaster...Moldan
Requested by...Lewistown Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618551.0/TFX
.DELDT 07/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mtlec@firenet.gov,Dustin_lenz@yahoo.com, tfx.ops@noaa.gov