FNUS75 KMSO 151609
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1009 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0851 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. 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.
LOOKS LIKE THE WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER
GUSTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 15-20 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-11 MPH GUSTS 15-20 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING WEST 9-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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