FNUS75 KMSO 142147 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR LILY LAKE WFU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 347 PM MDT MON SEP 14 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1517 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING SOUTH OF THE FIRE IS SENDING MOISTURE AND ENERGY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND THESE STORMS HAVE TO POTENTIAL TO MOVE NORTHWARD BRINGING RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING TO THE FIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED AREAS OF WETTING RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...BUT THE NEXT STORMS WILL NOT LIKELY ARRIVE TO THE FIRE UNTIL CLOSER TO 1800. SHOWER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE MUCH THE SAME AS TODAY WITH CONTINUED CLOUD COVER. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72. MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...KITSMILLER REQUESTED BY...HENSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090914.LILYL.01/MSO