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Spot Forecast for Cold Jim 19

National Weather Service Missoula MT

850 AM MDT Fri May 9 2025



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on May 09. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry conditions today and Saturday with 

increasing southwesterly winds aloft. Winds at the burn site will

be primarily terrain-driven but may become south-southwesterly 

during the afternoon on Saturday. A very slight chance for an 

elevated afternoon shower or thunderstorm Saturday afternoon that 

could produce variable gusts up to 20 mph.





.REST OF TODAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. 

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....76-81. 

* Min Humidity........12-17 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-4 mph in the morning becoming

  generally upslope/upvalley at times (east-northeast), 3-6 mph

  with gusts to 12 mph in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Height.......Below 2000 ft agl in the morning increasing

  to 8500 ft agl in the afternoon. 

* Mixing Winds........Southwest 15 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 



.TONIGHT...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy, mid-high level clouds.

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Min Temperature.....35-40. 

* Max Humidity........60-65 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-4 mph. 

* Mixing Winds........South 10 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 



.SATURDAY...



* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy, slight chance for an elevated

  shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon.

* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 

* Max Temperature.....79-84. 

* Min Humidity........15-20 percent. 

* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-5 mph in the morning becoming

  upslope/upvalley (north-northeast) 3-8 mph in the afternoon,

  switching to south-southwest in the late afternoon, with gusts

  up to 20 mph.

* Mixing Winds........South 20 mph. 

* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 



$$

Forecaster...Parker/Zumpfe

Requested by...Chris Warwick

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

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.DELDT 05/09/25

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.EMAIL christopher.warwick@usda.gov,jason.keister@usda.gov