756 FNUS75 KTFX 051005 FWSTFX Spot Forecast for Elk Creek Unit 9 Piles...USFS National Weather Service Great Falls MT 405 AM MDT Fri Jun 5 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on June 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Expect dry and warm conditions today with southwest winds increasing this afternoon and a few late afternoon gusts to around 25 mph. A cold front associated with a Pacific weather system moves across the area Saturday morning with a few light rain showers and variable winds through mid-day before southwest winds redevelop Saturday afternoon. Temperatures cool some on Saturday with additional cooling and increasing winds arriving Saturday night through Sunday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....66-71. Min humidity........33-38 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds up to 10 mph in the morning, increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph increasing to around 25 mph in the afternoon. TIME (MDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........10 1 1 3 2 2 2 9 15 5 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............50 53 59 61 63 65 66 67 68 68 RH..............48 44 42 39 38 39 38 38 38 38 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 FT wind gust.20 25 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.0 6.5 6.0 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW Transp wind spd.15 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...2 percent. Min temperature.....42-47. Max humidity........52-57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts to around 25 mph in the evening. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph shifting to the west around 10 mph early in the evening. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 16 17 33 48 42 38 42 50 50 55 54 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............68 67 64 59 55 52 51 49 48 47 47 46 RH..............38 39 43 47 50 53 54 55 56 56 57 57 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W SW SW SW W W SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 20 FT wind gust.25 25 20 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 5 Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 4.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W W W W SW Transp wind spd.20 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of rain showers early in the morning. CWR.................5 percent. Chance of thunder...9 percent. Max temperature.....61-66. Min humidity........42-47 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Variable winds to around 5 mph in the morning, becoming west to around 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........72 72 72 64 64 64 70 70 70 74 74 74 Weather cov.....SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 Temp............48 48 51 54 56 58 59 61 62 62 63 61 RH..............57 56 52 53 53 53 52 52 49 47 47 48 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW E E E SE SE SE W W W 20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 4.0 4.5 Transp wind dir.W W SW SE S S S SW SW SW W W Transp wind spd.5 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 20 15 15 $$ Forecaster...Hoenisch Requested by...Noelle Zinn Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2614967.0/TFX .DELDT 06/05/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL noelle.zinn@usda.gov