FNUS75 KMSO 041450 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR ELKCITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 750 AM MST WED NOV 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON NOVEMBER 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SATURATED CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEY WILL KEEP FOG THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE VALLEY INVERSION WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN BY MID-MORNING WITH MOST OF THE FOG EXPECTED TO LIFT AND DISSIPATE BY NOON. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME BETTER MIXED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BREAKING DOWN IN ADVANCE OF AN UPCOMING COLD FRONT EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING...THEN PATCHY FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-32. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...KITSMILLER REQUESTED BY...MIKE VANDERPAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091104.ELKCI.01/MSO