FNUS75 KMSO 251500
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LUTZ
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
900 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0848 MDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

.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. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7-9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3-6 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.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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