FNUS75 KMSO 091611
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIPESTONE B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1011 AM MDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0934 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT WE
SAW YESTERDAY CONTINUING TO BE HOT AND DRY. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 15OO MDT.
THERE WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT, BUT STILL
POOR. TOMORROW WILL BE OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. THERE WILL BE A GOOD
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH WILL CREATE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS COULD START AS EARLY AS LATE MORNING AND
CONTINUE OFF AND ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE LATE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5-10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER/ROBINSON
REQUESTED BY...IC FROST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.PIPES.01/MSO