FNUS75 KMSO 142001
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR COPPER MTN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
201 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1343 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS COMING OVER THE FIRE ON
THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE FIRE. THIS FRONT WILL
BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER RHS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN. THE
BAD NEWS IS THE GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE AND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL START OFF FROM
THE SOUTHEAST IN THE MORNING AND THEN SWITCH TO SOUTHWEST AND
INCREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE AT THE RIDGE TOP.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................MORNING...1 BECOMING 2 AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-12 MPH. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................EVENING...2 BECOMING 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH. GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................MORNING...1 BECOMING 2 AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS 37-47. HIGHS 54-64. SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS
5-10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS 35-45. HIGHS
52-62. SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS 6-16 MPH.
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS 30-40. HIGHS
52-62. SOUTHWEST WINDS WINDS 6-14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...SHELLY CROOK - FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110914.COPPE.01/MSO