FNUS75 KMSO 041636
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANITE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1036 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1035 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY DRY CONDITIONS AND PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES NEAR THE BURN. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN
DRIVEN DURING THIS TIME. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN IS
ANTICIPATED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER MOST THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME WILL LIKELY BE DRY...CONTAINING SPORADIC
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF OUTFLOW WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76.
RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6-9 MPH AND
                    GUSTY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...KAREN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090904.GRANI.01/MSO