FNUS75 KMSO 151831
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOURMILE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1231 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1211 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. IT COULD BECOME QUITE GUSTY BETWEEN
1600 AND 1900 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO NEAR
30 MPH POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF A
WETTING RAIN IS LOW. DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR
TOMORROW WITH MUCH LESS WIND.

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 1600
                    AND 2000 MDT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12-13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    UNTIL 2000 MDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000 MDT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5-8
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...BOB DERLETH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110815.FOURM.01/MSO