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Spot Forecast for Tree Farm
National Weather Service Missoula MT
712 AM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on April 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Rain showers through today with a cold front from
the west after 1500 local time this afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph
out of the west and southwest. Rain mixing with and changing to
snow along and behind the front. Overall, drying trend into
Thursday but convective snow showers possible through Friday
morning. Some snow showers could bring very low visibility and
briefly heavy snowfall. Gusts up to 25 mph Thursday afternoon out
of the west and northwest. Total snow accumulation of a trace to
up to 2 inches possible through this forecast period.

.REST OF TODAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...40 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....47-52.
* Min Humidity........56-61 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........South around 5 mph shifting to the west-
  southwest 6-12 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the late
  afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......2500 ft agl increasing to 5500 ft agl in
  the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........West-southwest 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.05-0.13 inches.

.TONIGHT...

* Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow
  showers in the evening, then slight chance of snow showers
  overnight.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....Less than 10 percent.
* Min Temperature.....27-32.
* Max Humidity........77-82 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest 6-12 mph with gusts up to 30
  mph in the evening becoming southwest 2-5 mph with gusts up to
  10 mph overnight.
* Mixing Height.......Decreasing to 2000 ft agl early overnight.
* Mixing Winds........West 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches.

.THURSDAY...

* Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers.
* CWR (> 0.10 Inch)...Less than 10 percent.
* Chance Lightning....10 percent.
* Max Temperature.....42-47.
* Min Humidity........41-46 percent.
* Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest 2-5 mph in the morning
  becoming west 5-12 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height.......Increasing to 8500 ft agl in the afternoon.
* Mixing Winds........Northwest 15 mph.
* Precip Amount.......0.00-0.03 inches.

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Forecaster...Parker
Requested by...Kasey Craft
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610409.0/MSO
.DELDT 04/15/26
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.EMAIL kasey.craft@usda.gov