FNUS75 KMSO 022228
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX-BRF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
428 PM MDT FRI SEP 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1544 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

OCCASIONALLY GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE FOR ALL BUT
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE WILDFIRE BY SUNSET THIS EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH FEW CLOUDS
...DECREASING DAYTIME HUMIDITY...INCREASING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...
AND ONLY LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
SOME OF THE DEEPER VALLEYS WITHIN THE COMPLEX MAY NOT MIX VERY MUCH
DURING SATURDAY AND WINDS ALOFT WILL LIKELY BE TOO LIGHT TO CLEAR
SMOKE FROM SOME VALLEY AREAS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....TOP...34-39.
                    BOTTOM...29-34
MAX HUMIDITY........TOP...67-72 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...NORTH WINDS 6-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                          IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
                    BOTTOM...WEST 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP...64-69.
                    BOTTOM...70-75
MIN HUMIDITY........TOP...11-16 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH.
                    BOTTOM...VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                             3-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BEHRENSRISA LANGE-NAVARRO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110902.SADDL.01/MSO