FNUS75 KMSO 091648 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR CRIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1048 AM MDT THU AUG 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0913 PDT ON AUGUST 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. RH RECOVERIES WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. TOMORROW WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP LATE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. YOUR FIRE LOOKS TO BE ON THE FRINGE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL TO YOUR SOUTH AND EAST. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5-7 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54. MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT 3-5 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 6-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. $$ FORECASTER...PALLISTER/ROBINSON REQUESTED BY...TRISHA SKINNER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120809.CRIME.01/MSO