FNUS75 KMSO 282331
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR TRAP 2 TONIGHT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
531 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1638 MDT ON JUNE 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SUBTLE FEATURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.  THIS FEATURE WILL KEEP THE EASTERLY WINDS LINGERING THROUGH
EARLY TO MID EVENING. THEN THE WINDS SHOULD SWITCH TO A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION AND BECOME VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.  YOUR FIRE SHOULD SEE
PRIMARILY HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THIS EVENING THEN CLEAR OUT.  THE
CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE FIRE.  TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...BUT DEW POINTS ARE ANTICIPATED
TO BE HIGHER WHICH IN TURN CAUSES BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES FOR
TONIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR BY MID TO
                    LATE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH AFTER 8PM THEN VARIABLE
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...MICHEAL DARDIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120628.BEART.01/MSO