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Spot Forecast for Deer Creek
National Weather Service Missoula MT
457 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 UNTIL 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

.DISCUSSION...A couple chances for a morning shower or isolated
thunderstorm unlikely to produce a wetting rain. Drying into the
afternoon with increasing westerly winds creating elevated fire
weather conditions. Ridge of high pressure rebuilding with warming
temps and mostly stable conditions through early this upcoming
week.

.TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight chance of rain or
  isolated thunderstorm in the morning. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....72-77. 
* Min Humidity........28-33 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 2-6 mph in the morning becoming
  west-southwest 8-15 mph with gusts to 25 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.....51-56. 
* Max Humidity........60-65 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest 5-10 mph with gusts up to 25
  mph in the evening becoming variable/south 1-5 mph with gusts up
  to 15 mph overnight.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 500 ft agl overnight. 
* Mixing Winds........West 10 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

.MONDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly sunny. 
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...0 percent. 
* Chance Lightning....0 percent. 
* Max Temperature.....78-83. 
* Min Humidity........24-29 percent. 
* Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-5 mph in the morning becoming
  upslope 1-5 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 7500 ft agl in the afternoon.
  
* Mixing Winds........West 5 mph. 
* Precip Amount.......0.00 inches. 

$$
Forecaster...Parker
Requested by...Dylan Kopitzke
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL mtkic@firenet.gov,aaking@mt.gov,dkopitzke@mt.gov