FNUS75 KMSO 251856
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHARCOAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1256 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1246 MDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTED TO REDEVELOP LATE
THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STORMS WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM BUT
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-10 MPH BY 3PM MDT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6-7 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.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...DOUG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.CHARC.01/MSO