FNUS75 KMSO 111830
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHRANDAL CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1230 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1158 MDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THERE IS SOME CONVECTION MOVING TOWARD FIRE FROM
SOUTH AND WEST...SO WATCH FOR OUTFLOW WINDS AND A STRIKE OR TWO.
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE WELL SOUTH OF THE FIRE. THIS
CONVECTION WILL LIKELY NOT LAST PAST LATE AFTERNOON...AND THERE
APPEARS TO BE LITTLE TO NO THREAT THURSDAY. LIGHT WIND EXPECTED
EXCEPT WHEN STORMS NEAR SITE. A LITTLE WARMER AND DRIER THURSDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID TO LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 4-8 MPH. WATCH FOR OUTFLOW FROM
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...WHITMORE
REQUESTED BY...BITTERROOT DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120711.CHRAN.01/MSO