FNUS75 KMSO 131536
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAVENE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
936 AM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0916 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE REGION. WINDS
WILL MIX DOWN FROM ALOFT THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING SOME GUSTS AT
TIMES...HOWEVER THE ASPECT OF THE FIRE WILL ALLOW SOME SHELTERING FROM
THE SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY. TONIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES AND RH RECOVERIES SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT.
SUNDAY AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND CAUSE STRONGER WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-7
    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-10
                    GUSTING TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...BITTERROOT DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.LAVEN.01/MSO