FNUS75 KMSO 062149
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACKER FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
349 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1436 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-6 MPH. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC
                    AND GUSTY AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-6 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.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-9 MPH. GUSTS UP 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.PACKE.01/MSO