FNUS75 KMSO 261553
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
953 AM MDT MON JUL 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0925 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ALTHOUGH INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT EXPECT
ANOTHER HOT DAY AT THE FIRE SITE. INCREASING MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE
WILL KEEP RH VALUES FROM DROPPING TO THEIR MINIMUM VALUE UNTIL VERY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE MIXES AND BREEZY WINDS DEVELOP.
THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ON THE FIRE IS NOT THAT GOOD TODAY...BUT
GROWS INCREASINGLY BETTER WITH TIME THIS WEEK AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY
                    2-4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD BECOME GUSTY AND
                    VARIABLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...CARRIE JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.ROCKC.01/MSO