FNUS75 KMSO 021956
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE RIDGE RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
156 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1410 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO KICK UP ACROSS
CENTRAL IDAHO...AND SHOULD BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AT
THE BURN SITE. STILL CONFIDENT THAT WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS
25 MPH...PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SITE. AS
FAR AS PRECIPITATION EXPECTATIONS: ANY CUMULUS BUILD-UP AROUND
THE UNIT SHOULD NOT YIELD ANY PRECIPITATION. COOLED TEMPERATURES
EVER SO SLIGHTLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THAT WARM-UP MIGHT A
LITTLE SLOWER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THIS MORNING.
OTHERWISE...VERY FEW OTHER CHANGES MADE TO THE GOING FORECAST.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SOME CUMULUS BUILD-UP.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BOTTOM...73-80. TOP...65-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........BOTTOM...17-22 PERCENT. TOP...20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS
                    BETWEEN 20-25 MPH AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF
                    THE UNIT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BOTTOM...45-49. TOP...38-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........BOTTOM...45-52 PERCENT. TOP...78-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING. BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BOTTOM...67-72. TOP...60-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........BOTTOM...20-27 PERCENT. TOP...28-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 7-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...LINDSAY DURANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111002.BLUER.03/MSO