FNUS75 KMSO 041726
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCHTOWN FACE 21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1126 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RHS TODAY. DECREASED WINDS ALOFT WILL KEEP
WINDS LIGHTER NEAR THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING SKIES
TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD COOLING AND RH RECOVERY. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY
PRECIPITATION CHANCES AFTER 1600. WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE
SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 5-6
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...TYLER BROTHERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110504.FRENC.01/MSO