FNUS75 KMSO 062157
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
357 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1440 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP JUST
SOUTH OF THE FIRE AREA WITH BUILDING CUMULUS NEAR FIRE LOCATION
EVIDENT ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO
GROW OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL
DECREASE AFTER 2100 MDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES
HAVE LIKELY ALREADY BEEN REACH ON THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. WINDS COULD BECOME GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...B  LUEKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100806.CLARK.01/MSO