FNUS75 KMSO 141604 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FLINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1004 AM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1020 MDT ON MAY 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE AND VERY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MORE UNSTABLE SATURDAY AS A VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BRUSHES THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW MODERATE AFTERNOON CUMULUS AND A SPRINKLE POSSIBLE. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-62. MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY TO 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO ABOVE 7000 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE...MOSTLY SOUTHWEST TO 5 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SPRINKLE POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY TO 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE TO 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SPRINKLE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-63. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 7 MPH MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO ABOVE 7000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...BAUCK REQUESTED BY...DOUG TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100514.NORTH.01/MSO