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Spot Forecast for Belt Creek Handpiles...USFS
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
826 AM MST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on January 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Westerly flow aloft will help to maintain breezy conditions
across Little Belts through the day on Saturday, with winds
increasing on an order of magnitude of 5-10 mph each day. Wind
gusts probabilities for 40 mph or greater range from a 15% chance
today, 65% chance on Friday, and 85% chance on Saturday. By Friday
evening Pacific moisture will begin to stream eastward and across
the Northern Rockies, bringing a chance for light snow to the
incident area. Snow chances increase further through the weekend
and into early next week as an active pattern takes hold over much
of the Western US, with a Arctic front moving south and across
Central Montana Saturday evening.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....37-42.
Min humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 20 mph.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  37  27  16  17  19  20  28  36  44
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............26  28  31  36  38  38  39  38  37  36
RH..............45  44  44  43  42  42  42  44  44  46
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  15  15  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  20  25  25  25  25  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....28-33.
Max humidity........47-52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the evening hours.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 25 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........55  67  78  78  79  79  81  83  85  85  86  86
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............35  34  34  34  33  33  33  33  32  32  31  31
RH..............43  44  45  46  45  44  45  46  45  48  48  49
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..10  15  15  15  15  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.20  20  20  20  20  25  25  25  25  20  20  20

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow late in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Max temperature.....33-38.
Min humidity........43-48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 25 mph.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  89  90  87  85  82  83  84  85  83  80  78
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Temp............30  30  30  30  32  33  34  35  35  34  34  33
RH..............48  49  52  50  48  48  48  48  50  54  59  63
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  20  20  25  25  25  25  25  25  30
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.20  20  20  20  20  20  20  25  25  25  25  25

$$

Forecaster...Moldan
Requested by...Evan Haugan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501876.0/TFX
.DELDT 01/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL evan.haugan@usda.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov