FNUS75 KMSO 041624
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOUR MILE SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1024 AM MDT MON MAY 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL INFLUENCE NORTHWEST
MONTANA TODAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH FAIR
WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
PREDOMINANTLY OUT OF THE SOUTH...BUT WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST
AFTER 1500. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER PACIFIC
WEATHER SYSTEM ENTERS AND BRINGS RAIN SHOWERS TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 58-61.
RH..................48-52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AT 4-8 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 8-12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 4500 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATER THIS EVENING.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37-40.
RH..................MAX 79-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

CWR.................30 PERCENT.
RH..................MIN 58-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 8-14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO/RPN
REQUESTED BY...MUENSTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090504.FOURM.01/MSO