FNUS75 KMSO 080219
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCGUIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
819 PM MDT SAT AUG 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1949 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE AND MAY IMPACT THE FIRE OVERNIGHT. IF
THE FIRE IS DIRECTLY UNDER ONE OF THESE SHOWERS...THE CHANCE OF
WETTING RAIN IS GOOD AS UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS ARE INDICATING ONE
HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN .10-.20 IN AN HOUR. THE
INCREASED CLOUDS WILL ALSO INHIBIT STRONG THERMAL BELTS FROM
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THE FIRES PROXIMITY TO THE DRAINAGE
DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE FIRE...CHANNELING OF WEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH ANY SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP NEAR THE FIRE AND COULD BE GUSTY
OVERNIGHT. SUNDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MORE BREEZY BEHIND
TONIGHTS DISTURBANCE. INCREASED WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
AFTERNOON FROM BETTER MIXING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH EXCEPT GUSTY TO 20 MPH
                    FROM THE WEST NEAR STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST WINDS 8-10 MPH AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MEAD
REQUESTED BY...JENI RAMONDELLI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100807.MCGUI.01/MSO