Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT

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Spot Forecast for CAT Camp 2025...DNRC County Assist Team
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
516 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on June 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly clear skies and light winds are expected on Friday before
a weather system moves in from the northwest and brings increased
cloud cover, a few stray showers, and increased west to northwest
winds late in the afternoon and evening. The strongest winds are
expected late Friday night into Saturday during a cold frontal
passage. The probability for wind gusts over 25 mph increases to
over a 60 percent on Saturday.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 10 percent.
Max temperature.....75-80.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph
                    becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph
                    with gusts up to 20 late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light west increasing to 10 to 20 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 10 percent, highest in the evening.
Min temperature.....51-56.
Max humidity........44-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
                    strongest winds expected towards dawn during
                    the cold frontal passage.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West to northwest around 10 to 20 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers.
CWR.................Less than 10 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.
Max temperature.....67-72.
Min humidity........36-41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Greely
Requested by...Doug Dodge
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2515433.0/TFX
.DELDT 06/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL doug_dodge@firenet.gov, tfx.ops@noaa.gov