FNUS75 KMSO 041327
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GABE CREEK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
727 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0644 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE MUCH MORE RELAXED AS COMPARED
TO YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND HUMIDITY LEVELS DROP BUT
ONLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL CHANNELING THROUGH THE VALLEY. FAIR RECOVERIES ARE
ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH CHANCES
FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING DURING THE
AFTERNOON. BETTER CHANCES FOR MOISTURE AND STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.TODAY...

CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH GUSTING TO 13 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.

.TONIGHT...

WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWN VALLEY/DOWN SLOPE 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...JIM FLINT - AFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090904.GABEC.01/MSO