FNUS75 KMSO 241554
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST F8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
954 AM MDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT NEAR THE BURN AREA DURING
TODAY. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT...WITH DRYING AND
MIXING INCREASING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
EXIST THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN
AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND ERRATIC
WINDS FOR A TIME. WETTING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

                    TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...DALE PFAU
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.WESTF.01/MSO