FNUS75 KMSO 302305
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOMINIC POINT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
505 PM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1635 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE CAUSED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THE FIRE AT CURRENT TIME.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR THE FIRE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A STRONG SHORTWAVE
WILL PASS ON SATURDAY BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON AND COULD CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SATURDAY...

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.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 3-6 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH AND SPORADIC
                    GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    THROUGH LATE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...KITSMILLER
REQUESTED BY...JACQUIE PARKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100730.DOMIN.01/MSO