FNUS75 KGGW 052050
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD RX...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
250 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 MDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE BURN
SITE IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND WILL
IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE BRISK AS
MID LEVEL WINDS MIX DOWN.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................2...UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN 1.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 18 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH. GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GILCHRIST
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090506.COTTO.01/GGW