FNUS75 KMSO 061323
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR OLD AIRSTRIP FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
723 AM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0651 MDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN ACTIVE DAY IN STORE AS UPPER TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL JET INTERACT WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. CONVECTION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS HEATING INCREASES THE
ALREADY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN. INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL INCREASE WINDS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAIN
TIME FRAME FOR WIDESPREAD STORMS...FROM 9 AM MDT TO 5 PM MDT...WITH
SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RESPITE OVERNIGHT...THEN
MORE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND BREEZY WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    12-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...MEAD
REQUESTED BY...OLSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090706.OLDAI.01/MSO