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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIRTHDAY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
152 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1238 PDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH 1600. CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE AFTER 1600 THROUGH
LATE THIS EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION
FROM SOUTHERN IDAHO.

...NOTE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH INCREASING CUMULUS CLOUDS AFTER 1600.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS FROM 1600-2300.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE THIS EVENING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AFTER 2200.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 5-8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...RPN
REQUESTED BY...MEGHAN FLUHARTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100728.BIRTH.01/MSO