FNUS75 KMSO 242040
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BELL CANYON RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
240 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 MDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BURN. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
CURRENTLY BEING FELT AT THE BURN ARE DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS TO YOUR SOUTHEAST. THIS FIRST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE AREA BY ABOUT 1600 MDT. UNTIL THEN
ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. ANOTHER WAVE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NEAR THE BURN AREA
AROUND 1800 MDT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AGAIN
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........65.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 1600 MDT
                    WITH THUNDERSTORMS TO YOUR SOUTHEAST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-12 MPH AND GUSTY BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 7-9 MPH AND
                    GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...DOUG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.BELLC.02/MSO