FNUS75 KMSO 021655
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVINA CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1055 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1021 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLIGHT WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR OVER
THE FIRE BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY. INVERSIONS WILL FORM
OVERNIGHT...KEEPING TEMPERATURES FAIRLY WARM AND KEEPING RH
RECOVERIES FAIRLY POOR. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON FROM THE
NORTHWEST AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. EXPECT TO SEE SOME
CUMULUS CLOUDS FORMING OVER THE RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY WITH HAZE BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW CUMULUS
                    FORMING OVER RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH.
                    GUSTING TO 15 MPH AFTER 1500 MDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-11
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...DAVE EMERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100802.LAVIN.01/MSO