FNUS75 KMSO 310216
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LUTZ
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
816 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1954 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESIDE OVER THE
FIRE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
BE ELEVATED DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.


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FORECASTER...MSJ
REQUESTED BY...LEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.LUTZ_.01/MSO