FNUS75 KMSO 220152 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR EAGLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 752 PM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1825 PDT ON JULY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS IN STORE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN ITSELF THROUGH TONIGHT AND MUCH OF SUNDAY. HOWEVER AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FOR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO MORE WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300 PDT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700 PDT. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. $$ FORECASTER...PALLISTER REQUESTED BY...ELIZABETH SCHMIDT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120721.EAGLE.01/MSO