FNUS75 KMSO 280032
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX-BRF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
632 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1806 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE START TO SUNDAY WILL LOOK BENIGN ENOUGH UNDER
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THROUGH THE
LATE MORNING. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TO BE PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THERE WILL BE LITTLE HELP TO MIX OUT
CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO STEADILY
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE FIRE...WITH HUMIDITIES RISING
MARGINALLY COMPARED TO THOSE EXPERIENCED TODAY (SATURDAY). THIS
WILL BE DUE TO A DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE FIRE BY MID
AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN REMAIN CLOUDY WITH THE CHANCE FOR AN
ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY MORNING AS WELL. THIS WILL PROMOTE RISING
HUMIDITIES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO MONDAY.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...80-85. TOP...71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE...12-17 PERCENT. TOP...17-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BASE...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1-3 MPH.
                    TOP....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE...52-60. TOP...60-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE AND TOP...60-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...75-80. TOP...71-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE...16-23 PERCENT. TOP...24-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BEHRENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.SADDL.01/MSO