FNUS75 KMSO 241605
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARO PILE BURN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1005 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UNSTABLE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP SHOWERS
GOING AROUND YOUR FIRE TODAY. THEN A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION. AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES IN A COOLER AIRMASS WILL
BE USHERED IN CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO BE COOLER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FEET AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FEET AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...ART TRAHAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090324.PAROP.01/MSO