FNUS75 KMSO 071627 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR SPERRY CHALET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1027 AM MDT MON SEP 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1005 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 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. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45. $$ FORECASTER...FELSCH REQUESTED BY...BIDDY SIMET TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20090907.SPERR.01/MSO