FNUS75 KMSO 271506
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CUTOFF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
906 AM MDT FRI AUG 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0833 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE THE REGION
THROUGH TODAY WITH A DRASTIC DECREASE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM
YESTERDAY. A WESTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS DRAPED OVER THE
REGION KEEPING WINDS GOING THROUGH THIS MORNING. THIS PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN THROUGH TODAY SO WINDS WILL NOT SEE AS MUCH
OF AN INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
INTO THE 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
THE AIR MASS WILL MOISTEN UP SLIGHTLY...SO RH RECOVERIES SHOULD
SHOW IMPROVEMENT FROM THOSE OF LAST NIGHT. SHOWER CHANCES WILL
BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT BETTER CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS WILL
HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNDAY AND COULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...KITSMILLER
REQUESTED BY...JOE COUTURE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.CUTOF.01/MSO