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Spot Forecast for Moose Fire
National Weather Service Missoula MT
435 AM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 23. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Strong westerly winds and a very dry airmass today 
will create near-critical to critical fire weather conditions from
the late morning through the evening. Drying and warming through 
the next couple of days with mostly stable conditions settling in.
Winds overnight will decouple and thermal belts with poor mid- 
slope and ridge recoveries will once again return by early this 
upcoming week.

.TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny, very slight chance of a shower
  or isolated thunderstorm.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....70-75. 
* Min Humidity........19-24 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........South 3-7 mph in the morning becoming west
  8-15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon. 
* Mixing Height.......Near 500 ft agl in the morning increasing to
  7500 ft agl in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West 20 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches. 

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly clear. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Min Temperature.....43-48. 
* Max Humidity........53-58 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........West 5-9 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in 
  the evening becoming variable/south 2-5 mph overnight. 
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl overnight. 
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....72-77. 
* Min Humidity........18-23 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4 mph in the morning becoming
  west 5-10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. 
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 8000 ft agl. 
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

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Forecaster...Parker
Requested by...Donavan Albert
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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