FNUS75 KMSO 270357
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ESTELLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
957 PM MDT MON JUL 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2128 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PUSH SUB-TROPICAL
MOISTURE FURTHER NORTH ON TUESDAY. INCREASED MOISTURE WILL HELP
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE PLACING THE FIRE SITE ON THE NORTHERN
EDGE OF THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. AN EASTERLY SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN MONDAY NIGHT WITH AN EASTERLY FLOW
CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3-7 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE
                    NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MSJ
REQUESTED BY...JENI RAMONDELLI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.ESTEL.02/MSO