FNUS75 KMSO 041700
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRURY PEAK  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1100 AM 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...CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY
AS AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING.
CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN FAIR WITH PLENTY OF SUN AND STAYING DRY TO
START. HOWEVER...HIGH CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD TO THE WEST-
NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE THEN
EXPECTED OVER THE SITE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SIGNALING THE
APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME GUSTY AND
SOMEWHAT ERRATIC DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING OF THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AND BECOMING GUSTY. GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    ARE POSSIBLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...LORIE COTTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110505.DRURY.01/MSO