FNUS75 KMSO 050155 CCA
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROCKET BENCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
754 PM MDT SUN OCT 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1815 PDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN SLOW MOVING CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
SOUTHCENTRAL IDAHO HAS PRODUCED TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND
STRONG EAST WINDS OVER CENTRAL IDAHO. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD EASE BY SUNRISE.

AS A RESULT EXPECT GUSTY EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH 3 AM PDT
THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY 8 AM PDT. EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT THIS EVENING ON EAST FACING SLOPES WITH CHANNELING NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE VALLEYS ALONG HIGHWAY 12. EXPECT MORE OF A
NORTH-NORTHWEST COMPONENT OF THE WIND AFTER 3 AM.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6-10 MPH GUSTING TO 14-20 MPH AT TIMES.

.MONDAY...

HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RPN
REQUESTED BY...MARGARET WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091004.CROCK.01/MSO