FNUS75 KMSO 271648 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR MCGINNIS CABIN 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1048 AM MDT WED APR 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE PRESENT NEAR THE BURN DURING TODAY. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE BURN. ANOTHER MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS ANTICIPATED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH WETTING RAIN POTENTIAL INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 49. RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS VARIABLE 2-5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................30 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................60 PERCENT DECREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45. RH..................MIN 52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7-13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 30 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZUMPFE REQUESTED BY...TREVOR UNSWORTH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110427.MCGIN.02/MSO