FNUS75 KMSO 022334 AAA
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX-BRF...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
534 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 THROUGH SUNDAY...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 EITHER SATURDAY OR SUNDAY 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.


.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....TOP...40-45.
                    BOTTOM...34-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........TOP...45-50 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...70-75 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
                    BOTTOM...SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP...70-75.
                    BOTTOM...75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........TOP...7-12 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM...12-17 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........TOP...VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND
                     5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    BOTTOM...SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH IN THE EVENING
                     BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.

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