FNUS75 KMSO 041902
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE MOUNTAIN 22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
102 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MAY 05.
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. THE SOUTHEAST ASPECT OF THE BURN WILL
ALLOW SOME SHELTERING FROM THE WIND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...KNIKOLEYCZIK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110505.BLUEM.01/MSO