FNUS75 KMSO 311337
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CARDINAL CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
737 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0720 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A
WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE FIRE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE FIRE THIS MORNING. EXPECT
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY...BY
AFTERNOON SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. ALL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRATIC...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 12 MPH
                    WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...GILLESPIE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100731.CARDI.01/MSO