FNUS75 KMSO 131758
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE MOUNTAIN  4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1158 AM MDT SUN SEP 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1155 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT DAY NEAR THE BURN
AREA. SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS
FAIRLY LIGHT DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE NEAR THE BURN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER VICINITY HIGH TERRAIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........82 AT IGNITION...MAX 87.
RH..................20 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS VARIABLE 2-5 MPH...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...MARDI HART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090913.BLUEM.01/MSO