FNUS75 KGGW 102243
FWSGGW

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 MDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND
WILL BRING WARMER AND DRIER AIR TO THE BURN SITE THROUGH SATURDAY. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN SITE TOMORROW NIGHT.
AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME UNSTABLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
RESULT IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-40 AROUND 0630 LOCAL TIME.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG...GUSTY...AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...VALONE
REQUESTED BY...MERWIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090410.COTTO.02/GGW