FNUS75 KMSO 241930
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 43
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
130 PM MDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1345 MDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AND RELATIVELY WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT NEAR THE BURN
AREA DURING TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...WITH A FEW
GUSTS OVER 10 MPH BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING
BY LATE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE BURN AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND
ERRATIC WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. WETTING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE
BY THURSDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 45.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW
                    SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...DOUG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.HIGHW.01/MSO