FNUS75 KMSO 101428 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR TEN ALLEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 828 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 MDT ON APRIL 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MONTANA TODAY AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS TO THE EAST. A SURFACE BASED INVERSION WILL BE PRESENT THIS MORNING AND WILL BE SLOW TO MIX DUE TO CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDS...WHICH WILL HOLD TEMPS DOWN AND HUMIDITIES UP THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THE LOCATION OF THE BURN SITE NEXT TO LAKE KOOCANUSA WILL NOT PROMOTE BETTER MIXING...COOLING EFFECT OF THE LAKE WILL HAVE A STABILIZING EFFECT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-67. MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING 2-4 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT. .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-35. MAX HUMIDITY........88-92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66. MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 2-5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...MSJ REQUESTED BY...HARMONY BUROW TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120410.TENAL.01/MSO