FNUS75 KMSO 151528
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
928 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0809 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CHANGE IN THE WEATHER STARTING TODAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FIRE TODAY. EARLY THIS MORNING SOME SHOWERS
HAD MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. RADAR WAS SHOWING
SOME SHOWERS NEAR THE FIRE. WHEN THE FRONT CROSSES THE FIRE EXPECT
A WIND SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH SOME GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL
COOL AND HUMIDITIES INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 6-11 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 15-20 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7-12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-9 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...KOLATA
REQUESTED BY...MARGARET WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110915.EASTF.01/MSO