FNUS75 KMSO 041430
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CARDINAL CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
830 AM MDT WED AUG 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0800 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BRING EASTERLY
WINDS THROUGH THE GORDON CREEK DRAINAGE TODAY AND THURSDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS SOME SMALL
DISTURBANCES MOVE INTO WESTERN MONTANA FROM WASHINGTON BUT HAVING
ONE MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE FIRE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. IT
APPEARS THE VALLEY HAS DEVELOPED INVERSIONS AND THERMAL BELTS AT
NIGHT...THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO WARM EACH DAY AND RHS LOWER THROUGH FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. HAZE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80...LOWER. 72-77...UPPER.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81...LOWER. 73-73...UPPER.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...SETH CARBNOARI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100804.CARDI.01/MSO