FNUS75 KMSO 272304
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LUTZ
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
504 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1647 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BIGGEST IMPACT FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING WILL BE
THE GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED UNTIL SUNSET TONIGHT. INCREASING
GUSTS OUT OF THE WEST COULD TOP OUT AROUND 30 MPH BEFORE THEN.
WEST FACING PORTIONS OF THE FIRE WILL FEEL THE BRUNT OF THESE
WINDS...PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AFTER ROUGHLY 2100 THE
WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND BECOME TERRAIN DRIVEN
OVERNIGHT. THE DISTURBANCE TO THE SOUTH WHERE THE RAINFALL AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE HAS STILL NOT CREPT NORTH ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE
FIRE. THINKING NOW IS THAT IT WILL HAVE LITTLE INFLUENCE OVER THE
SITE TONIGHT. EXPECT INVERSIONS TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT BUT
MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS THOSE SEEN THIS MORNING. VERY LITTLE WIND
EXPECTED TOMORROW AS HIGH PRESSURE REDEVELOPS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A FEW CLOUDS. VERY SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 7-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25-30 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT ZIEL  FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.LUTZ_.02/MSO