FNUS75 KMSO 281553
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE MEDICINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
953 AM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE EASTERLY WINDS WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THE
MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE
SOMEWHAT BREEZY ON TOP OF UNIT. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY SO
EXPECT FAIRLY LOW HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND POOR TO
MODERATE RECOVERIES TONIGHT. A FRONT WILL PASS THE FIRE LATE
TUESDAY MORNING..SO BE PREPARED FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS EARLY
TRANSITIONING TO BREEZY WEST WINDS AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON.
LITTLE RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7-10 MPH TRANSITIONING TO SOUTH BY
                    MIDDAY THEN SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS
                    THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 8-12 MPH AT TOP OF UNIT
                    ...AND 4-8 MPH AT BOTTOM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN
                    TRANSITIONING TO DOWN SLOPE 1-3 MPH.  TRANSITION
                    AT TOP WILL BE LATE...TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BECOMING WEST 8-12 MPH WITH
                    HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WHITMORE
REQUESTED BY...JOSLYN OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090928.LITTL.01/MSO