FNUS75 KMSO 172046
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOT BOOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
246 PM MDT MON MAY 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1430 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE PACIFIC WILL BRING AN
INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING. AS MOISTURE INCREASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE FIRE. WINDS COULD BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9-12 MPH
                    WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...GERALD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100517.HOTBO.01/MSO