FNUS75 KMSO 071635 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR NYACK FLATS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1035 AM MDT MON SEP 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1009 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WITH LOWER PRESSURE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL WILL ALLOW GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE IMPACTING MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN. MORNING CLOUDS ON TUESDAY WILL DECREASE BY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER WINDS AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY 9/10...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL SWING ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND WEST WINDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MORNING FOG IS NOT LIKELY WITH THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...FELSCH REQUESTED BY...BIDDY SIMET TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20090907.NYACK.01/MSO