Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Fire Weather Dashboard
Last update: 2025-12-17 00:45. Next update: 2025-12-17 06:45.

Previous forecast cycles can be accessed as:
https://nwefireweather.app/nwe_missoula/YYYYMMDD_CC.html
where CC is 00, 06, 12, or 18

Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Severe Fire Danger Index Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25
Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Thompson Falls S - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Thompson Falls - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Plains West - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Plains 2 - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Plains - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Haugan - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Spring Gulch - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Superior - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Ninemile - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Missoula - North Central - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Missoula - Rattlesnake - Marshall Mtn - Tier 3 low low low low low low low
Missoula - Patee Canyon - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Missoula East - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Missoula - West - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Missoula - South - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Florence - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Stevensville - North - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Stevensville - South - Tier 2 low low low low low low low
Hamilton West - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low
Hamilton South - Tier 2 3 low low low low low low low

Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Percent of CRI Threshold Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25
Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Thompson Falls S - Tier 3 1 8 1 1 1 0 0
Thompson Falls - Tier 2 1 17 1 1 1 0 0
Plains West - Tier 2 2 26 1 1 4 0 1
Plains 2 - Tier 3 1 13 1 2 3 0 0
Plains - Tier 2 2 31 0 0 7 0 0
Haugan - Tier 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Spring Gulch - Tier 2 3 16 1 1 4 0 0
Superior - Tier 2 3 15 1 0 3 1 1
Ninemile - Tier 2 3 2 25 2 1 5 0 1
Missoula - North Central - Tier 2 3 2 44 2 3 1 1 1
Missoula - Rattlesnake - Marshall Mtn - Tier 3 1 28 1 2 1 1 0
Missoula - Patee Canyon - Tier 2 3 3 24 5 7 4 1 1
Missoula East - Tier 2 3 6 62 7 7 11 2 1
Missoula - West - Tier 2 0 8 1 0 1 0 0
Missoula - South - Tier 2 2 31 4 3 3 1 0
Florence - Tier 2 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 0
Stevensville - North - Tier 2 4 8 5 0 3 0 0
Stevensville - South - Tier 2 3 11 5 0 3 0 0
Hamilton West - Tier 2 3 8 5 3 0 2 0 0
Hamilton South - Tier 2 3 7 1 5 0 2 0 0

Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Energy Release Component Percentile Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25
Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Thompson Falls S - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson Falls - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains West - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains 2 - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haugan - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spring Gulch - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Superior - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ninemile - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula - North Central - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula - Rattlesnake - Marshall Mtn - Tier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula - Patee Canyon - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula East - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula - West - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missoula - South - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florence - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stevensville - North - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stevensville - South - Tier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton West - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton South - Tier 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Max Wind Gust Forecast for 12/16/25 - 12/22/25
Zone Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22
Thompson Falls S - Tier 3 30 58 45 48 25 22 27
Thompson Falls - Tier 2 29 67 42 49 26 23 32
Plains West - Tier 2 30 65 42 46 33 20 24
Plains 2 - Tier 3 29 56 37 44 32 15 21
Plains - Tier 2 29 59 39 45 34 21 23
Haugan - Tier 2 33 67 40 50 35 23 28
Spring Gulch - Tier 2 32 58 43 46 28 24 24
Superior - Tier 2 28 56 39 45 25 21 23
Ninemile - Tier 2 3 27 60 31 48 26 13 22
Missoula - North Central - Tier 2 3 26 54 24 48 24 16 19
Missoula - Rattlesnake - Marshall Mtn - Tier 3 22 53 24 45 23 14 20
Missoula - Patee Canyon - Tier 2 3 26 62 33 45 24 15 21
Missoula East - Tier 2 3 25 64 33 47 31 19 24
Missoula - West - Tier 2 23 55 29 46 20 15 14
Missoula - South - Tier 2 25 53 28 45 18 15 16
Florence - Tier 2 3 27 52 28 38 20 18 18
Stevensville - North - Tier 2 22 56 29 34 22 17 17
Stevensville - South - Tier 2 28 57 29 38 23 19 18
Hamilton West - Tier 2 3 36 61 35 37 22 21 24
Hamilton South - Tier 2 3 33 64 32 35 20 22 23

Northwestern Energy - Missoula - Hamilton Fire Weather Summary Plots - 12/17/2025 00z forecast


Thompson Falls S - Tier 3


Thompson Falls - Tier 2


Plains West - Tier 2


Plains 2 - Tier 3


Plains - Tier 2


Haugan - Tier 2


Spring Gulch - Tier 2


Superior - Tier 2


Ninemile - Tier 2 3


Missoula - North Central - Tier 2 3


Missoula - Rattlesnake - Marshall Mtn - Tier 3


Missoula - Patee Canyon - Tier 2 3


Missoula East - Tier 2 3


Missoula - West - Tier 2


Missoula - South - Tier 2


Florence - Tier 2 3


Stevensville - North - Tier 2


Stevensville - South - Tier 2


Hamilton West - Tier 2 3


Hamilton South - Tier 2 3