FNUS75 KMSO 251501
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHORTY GULCH 104
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
901 AM MDT WED APR 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 MDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 1200. THE CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC. RAIN IS
LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
ARRIVE THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS ALONG THIS FRONT WILL GUST ABOVE 30
MPH FROM THE WEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1300. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72...LOWER...63-68 UPPER.
                    64-68...LOWER AT IGNITION.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT LOWER...37-42 UPPER.
                    38-42 PERCENT...LOWER AT IGNITION.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH. SOUTHWEST 7-10 GUSTS TO 16 MPH
    AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................NEAR 100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 7-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. AFTER 1800 WEST 15-25 GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...PFISTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120425.SHORT.01/MSO