FNUS75 KMSO 121515
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELKCITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
815 AM MST THU NOV 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL
SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA TODAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS
AND FOG PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. FOG WILL FILL IN ONCE
AGAIN TONIGHT AS NEAR SURFACE CONDITIONS REMAIN SATURATED AND A
STRONG INVERSION DEVELOPS. A SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING YET
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW LATE FRIDAY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG AND OCCASIONAL SNOW
                    SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39.
MIN HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...KRISTEN SANDERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091112.ELKCI.01/MSO