FNUS75 KMSO 141736
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROOKED RIVER  75
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1136 AM MDT TUE SEP 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE POTENTIAL
BURN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT AS HIGH
PRESSURE RETURNS FOR WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    VARIABLE 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL AT IGNITION.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND
                    6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KITSMILLER
REQUESTED BY...KRISTINA COX
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100914.CROOK.01/MSO