FNUS75 KMSO 022329
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BALDY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
529 PM MDT FRI OCT 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1700 MDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.


...STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO DEVELOP AFTER 1200 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 2000.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT AS A CLOSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER WASHINGTON AND MOVES
SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE BIG EFFECT FROM THIS LOW FOR THE BALDY FIRE WILL BE VERY STRONG
EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS MIDDAY SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENTS TIGHTEN OVER THE AREA. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ON THE RIDGES THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4-7 6 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4-8 MPH INCREASING TO 8-14 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER GUST ON THE RIDGES
                    AND EXPOSED AREAS OF 40-45 MPH POSSIBLE.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RPN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091002.BALDY.01/MSO