FNUS75 KMSO 200229
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR KOOTENAI CREEK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
829 PM MDT SAT SEP 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1959 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE FIRE BUT AN
INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ITS WAKE WILL KEEP WINDS UP
THROUGH THE NIGHT. ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE
ISOLATED SHOWERS NEAR THE FIRE AROUND AND JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ALSO MIXING SOME STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS TO THE FIRE
WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THE DIRECTION OF
THE WINDS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE WEST/NORTHWEST THROUGH
THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A
JET MOVES OVER THE FIRE. AGAIN...GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE JET WILL MOVE EAST OF THE FIRE
SUNDAY EVENING DECREASING UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND A SURFACE AND
UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE FIRE...THIS WILL DECREASE
WINDS THROUGH MONDAY.

.TONIGHT...

CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING THEN 20 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

CWR.................10 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7-13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6-8 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    3-5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.

.MONDAY...

CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.

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FORECASTER...MEAD
REQUESTED BY...TONY LUBKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090919.KOOTE.02/MSO