FNUS75 KMSO 301331
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAMMER CREEK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
731 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0643 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC THIS MORNING AND INCREASE WITH
INVERSION BREAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM. PEAK WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 25 MPH. WIND DIRECTION MAY VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE BURN SITE DUE TO CONVERGING DRAINAGES NORTH
AND SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE. WEDNESDAY A SYSTEM WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN TO THE AREA...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH.
                    GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH. EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
                    DOWNVALLEY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LEACH/MEAD
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT GALLARDO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.HAMME.01/MSO