FNUS75 KMSO 062255
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR TARKIO EXIT FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
455 PM MDT THU AUG 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1647 MDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

TEMPORARY PARTIAL CLEARING WILL EXIST DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
IN THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE...WITH SCATTERED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXISTING THEREAFTER UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND LIGHTNING ACTIVITY
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. BY FRIDAY MIDDAY...
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS ARE LIKELY...WITH HUMIDITY REMAINING VERY
HIGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WIND 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...PHIL HUBER-MISSOULA DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090806.TARKI.01/MSO