FNUS75 KMSO 251325 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SALMON LAKE EAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 725 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0714 MDT ON AUGUST 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THIS MORNING. THIS HAS PRODUCED SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUT WITH VERY LITTLE RAINFALL REPORTED. EXPECT A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE LIMITED RAINFALL BUT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86. MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-9 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91. MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...KOLATA REQUESTED BY...HARVEY CARR TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110825.BIGSA.01/MSO