FNUS75 KMSO 301754
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PENTAGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1154 AM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1133 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT NEAR THE WILDFIRE DURING THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...HOWEVER THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE MOST MAIN IMPACT FROM ANY STORM CELL
WILL BE BRIEF ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND
UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAYTIME AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY POOR AS WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-9 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...TEAGEN BLAZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120730.PENTA.01/MSO