FNUS75 KMSO 280135
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ARIANA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
735 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1919 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE FIRE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH BUILDING HIGH
PRESSURE AND AN INVERSION FIRST THING SUNDAY MORNING. THE
INVERSION MAY NOT BREAK UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT WITH
LITTLE ATMOSPHERIC MIXING EXPECTED...WINDS WILL LIKELY STAY
LIMITED THROUGH THE DAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER
AND HUMIDITIES MARGINALLY HIGHER THAN THOSE EXPERIENCED THE PAST
FEW DAYS. HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL BY SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN COOL ANOTHER
COUPLE OF DEGREES FOR MONDAY WITH HUMIDITIES RISING SLIGHTLY.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE DAY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 5-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...JAMEY GRAHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.ARIAN.02/MSO