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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHRANDAL CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1159 AM MDT MON JUL 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1137 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY IS THE SURE BET, SO LOOK FOR SIMILAR
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES TO YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE A
THREAT BUT LIKELY NOT UNTIL AT LEAST 1500 HRS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. NOT QUITE AS HOT TUESDAY, BUT CONTINUED
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING UP SLOPE 3-6 MPH. SOUTH 4-8 MPH AT THE
                    RIDGE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2-5 MPH AT THE RIDGE, OTHERWISE BECOMING
                    DOWN SLOPE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...WHITMORE
REQUESTED BY...TONY LUBKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120709.CHRAN.01/MSO