FNUS75 KGGW 101333
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD CREEK...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
733 AM MDT FRI APR 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 MDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA WILL BRING WARMER
AND DRIER AIR TO THE BURN SITE TODAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE BURN SITE SATURDAY NIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE
    OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200. THEN 2
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FORRESTER
REQUESTED BY...MCALLISTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090410.COTTO.01/GGW