FNUS75 KMSO 091745 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR IRVINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1145 AM MDT WED MAY 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 MDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL DEVELOP BY THE MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. COLDER TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. RH..................37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AROUND 8 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 25 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45. RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZUMPFE REQUESTED BY...ART TRAHAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120509.IRVIN.01/MSO