FNUS75 KMSO 052042
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLEEPING WOMAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
242 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1419 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE SPARKING SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS AHEAD OF ANY STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN UNDER THE CORES
IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN
UNDER A CELL WILL BE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE
OVER THE FIRE TONIGHT ENDING THE CHANCE OF CONVECTION AFTER
SUNSET. WITH MORE STABLE AIR MOVING IN OVERNIGHT...THERMAL BELTS
WILL DEVELOP...AND THE FIRE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THIS REGION FOR
MILD OVERNIGHT LOWS AND ONLY MODERATE RECOVERIES. SUNDAY WILL BE A
FEW DEGREES WARMER WITH THE THREAT OF STORMS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE
FIRE. AFTERNOON CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN MAY RESULT
IN A FEW AFTERNOON SPRINKLES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6-7 MPH...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
                    35 MPH NEAR STORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. STORMS ENDING AFTER
                    1900 MDT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH BECOMING WEST 7-9 MPH AND
                    BREEZY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MEAD
REQUESTED BY...ART TRAHAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110805.SLEEP.01/MSO