FNUS75 KMSO 251535 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH CLARK EMB DRY CHERRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 935 AM MDT WED APR 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 1300. 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.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1300. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. SOUTHWEST 7-10 GUSTS TO 16 MPH AFTER 1300. MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................80 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........LESS THAN 5 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................NEAR 100 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MIN HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 7-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER 1800 WEST 15-25 GUSTS TO 35 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN REQUESTED BY...NED WINEBRENNER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120425.SOUTH.01/MSO