FNUS75 KMSO 291228
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH MEADOW
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
628 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0535 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. RECENT MOISTURE TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THESE
STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE MEASURABLE RAINFALL NEAR A WETTING RAIN.
BREEZY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE FIRE AND BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS
MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY A SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME
PRIMARILY TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH DECENT RH RECOVERIES. GUSTY WINDS
WILL RETURN OVER THE FIRE ON TUESDAY WITH RH VALUES DIPPING INTO
THE MID TEENS.

.TODAY...

CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TUESDAY...

CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-9 MPH INCREASING DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...ROOSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.NORTH.01/MSO