FNUS75 KMSO 181338 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR PHILS LAKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 738 AM MDT SUN APR 18 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON APRIL 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LINE OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WILL APPROACH YOUR AREA AROUND 0845 HRS MDT THIS MORNING. THEY ARE LIGHT PRECIPITATION PRODUCERS SO EXPECT FROM A TRACE TO A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS. THESE COULD ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH. EXPECT SUBSTANTIAL SUN THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT INSTABILITY WILL HELP TO REDEVELOP CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS TOWARD MID AFTERNOON. TEMPS AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED SHOWERS MID MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 4-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 0-2 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WHITMORE REQUESTED BY...RYAN BUTLER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100418.PHILS.01/MSO