FNUS75 KMSO 142152
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWITZER HANDPILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
352 PM MDT MON MAY 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 MDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL TREND A FEW DEGREES
WARMER TUESDAY COMPARED TO MONDAY...SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION KEEPING RHS SLIGHTLY HIGHER. A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW FOR MORE MIXING AND SOME GUSTY AFTERNOON
WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER/ROBINSON
REQUESTED BY...BRAD HARRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120515.HOWIT.01/MSO