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FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOULE CREEK 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1259 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1249 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
THROUGH THIS EVENING.  A WEAK SURGE OF COOLER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE DIVIDE AND PRODUCE AN INCREASE IN SOUTHEAST WINDS LATER TONIGHT.
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AND MOISTEN
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 8-10 MPH IN
                    THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.  WIND BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST
                    6-12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST TO 10 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...BAUCK
REQUESTED BY...PHIL HUBER-MISSOULA DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.HOULE.01/MSO