FNUS75 KMSO 201605
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BASALT HILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1005 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 PDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH
THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW
AFTERNOON HIGHS TO GET AS WARM AS THEY DID ON MONDAY. DRIER AIR
MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL ALLOW LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY THAN ON
MONDAY...BUT THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL NOT BE REACHED UNTIL 1500.
A SYSTEM MOVING IN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE WINDS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY.

.TODAY...

CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. IGNITION TIME...54
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT. IGNITION TIME...60 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...PENNY MORGAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091020.BASAL.02/MSO