FNUS75 KMSO 081400
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
800 AM MDT WED AUG 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0748 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES ABOVE VALUES
EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. HOWEVER, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE LINGERING
ACROSS THE AREA, TEMPERATURES COULD BE LIMITED DUE TO THIS.
DESPITE THIS FACT: STILL FORECASTING A WARM AND DRY DAY TODAY.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OUT OF THE WEST AFTER 1300 AND INCREASE AS THE
ATMOSPHERE MIXES. SOME GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE, CONSIDERING THE RIDGE
TOP LOCATION OF THE FIRE, BUT THE FULL SHELTERING COULD ALSO LIMIT
GUST POTENTIAL. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........HAZY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 8-11 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTS TO 15-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...JACK CURRIE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120808.SOUTH.01/MSO