FNUS75 KMSO 181540 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSHOPPER RX NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 940 AM MDT MON MAY 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY LIGHT SHOWERS. THE IMPLICATION OF THE SHOWERS AND CLOUDS COVER IS THAT WE MAY NOT REALIZE OUR MIN HUMIDITIES AND MAX TEMPS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AROUND 12-15% HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT IS ANTICIPATED TO PASS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-12 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO 17-19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...KITSMILLER REQUESTED BY...DOUG CAFFEE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090518.GRASS.01/MSO