FNUS75 KMSO 241259
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SALMON LAKE EAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
659 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0621 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE WILDFIRE TODAY...WITH VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY PRESENT. WEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE AT THE RIDGETOPS THROUGH THURSDAY...HOWEVER LESS INTENSE
THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WILDFIRE
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED WITH MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY FOR THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP...76-81
                    BOTTOM...87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........TOP...17-22 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...WEST AROUND 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    BOTTOM...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....TOP...51-56.
                    BOTTOM...43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........TOP...47-52 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...78-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
                    BOTTOM...WEST WINDS 6-10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP...72-76.
                    BOTTOM...84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........TOP...30-35 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
                    BOTTOM...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    6-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...HARVEY CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.BIGSA.01/MSO