FNUS75 KMSO 151638 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR MCCARTNEY GARRISON RX NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1038 AM MDT SUN MAY 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 MDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS PASSING NEAR THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE STILL FORECAST TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BECOMING GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39. MAX HUMIDITY........83-85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 30 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-8 MPH INCREASING TO 18-22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...DICKERSON REQUESTED BY...GEORGE JOHNSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110515.MCCAR.01/MSO