FNUS75 KMSO 092001
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHETSTONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
201 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1355 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARM...BUT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE OVER THE FIRE
INTO THIS EVENING.  THE LOWER LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY DRY...SO ANY SHOWERS
OR STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  A MORE ORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE
OVER THE FIRE LATE WEDNESDAY.  A DRY...BUT COOLER WESTERLY FLOW IS
EXPECTED THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE SAPPHIRE
                    MOUNTAINS AND BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE
                    THIS AFTERNOON.  MOST LIKELY STORM/SHOWER TIMING IS
                    FROM 3 P.M. THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 2-7 MPH...EXCEPT STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH
                    NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING.  GUSTY WINDS NEAR ANY EVENING SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE...MOSTLY SOUTH 2-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...LEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.WHETS.01/MSO