FNUS75 KMSO 071759 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR MONTGOMERY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1159 AM MDT SAT AUG 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1139 MDT ON AUGUST 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOMEWHAT MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE PRESENT NEAR THE BURN AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. UNSTABLE AIR DURING EACH AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE WET FOR TODAY...WITH A MORE EQUAL MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EAST WIND THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO STEADY WESTERLY DURING THIS AFTERNOON...CARRYING SMOKE TO THE EAST OF THE BURN. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE BEHAVE SIMILARLY DURING SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84. MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...ZUMPFE REQUESTED BY...PINTLER RD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100807.MONTG.01/MSO