FNUS75 KMSO 131521
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHETSTONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
921 AM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0856 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HOTTER AND DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL
WINDS MIX DOWN. OVERNIGHT LOWS 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.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-8 WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 8-11 GUSTING TO 20 MPH
    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...DOUG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.WHETS.01/MSO