FNUS75 KMSO 252056 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR SKIMPY BEAVER 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 256 PM MDT WED APR 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 MDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST HOWEVER THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WIND WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH ANY PASSING SHOWER BUT SHOULD DIE DOWN ONCE SHOWERS PASS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SMALL BREAK IN THE RAIN THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS IN THE LATE MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN SITE LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................70 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................NEAR 100 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER 1500 WEST 15-25 GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN REQUESTED BY...JESSICA WIEDEMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120425.SKIMP.02/MSO