FNUS75 KGGW 171246 FWSGGW SPOT FORECAST FOR MCDONALD...FWS CMR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 646 AM MDT WED JUN 17 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0634 MDT ON JUNE 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA MOST OF TODAY. A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MORE PROBABLE WITH THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LAL.................2. CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74. MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3. CWR.................20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...EBERT REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090617.MCDON.01/GGW