FNUS75 KMSO 011615
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIPESTONE CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1015 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0958 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE
TODAY WITH THERMAL BELTS DEVELOPING AGAIN TONIGHT FOR POOR
RECOVERIES AND ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE FIRE THURSDAY WITH
INCREASED WINDS...AND CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES. THEREFORE THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST WILL
OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE FRONT WILL NOT PASS OVER THE FIRE
UNTIL THE EVENING. WINDS MAY BECOME NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE IN THE EVENING. GIVEN THE PARTIAL SHELTERING OF THE FIRE
AND ASPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ABOVE THE CANOPY AND
FIRE WILL LIKELY SEE DELAYED WINDS UNTIL AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE IN
THE EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 5-8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON ABOVE THE
                    CANOPY.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...MEAD
REQUESTED BY...DOUG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120801.PIPES.01/MSO