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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOAT AND DITCH FIRES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1250 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1127 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FIRE IS
MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. STORM MOTION WILL CONTINUE IN THIS
MANNER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, BUT COVERAGE OF STORMS COULD BUILD
FURTHER NORTH AND IMPACT THE SITE (AFTER 1500). THE MAIN THREAT FROM
FROM THESE WILL BE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND LIGHTNING. CONDITIONS
DRY OUT QUITE A BIT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND, RETURNING TO
A WARMER AND DRIER REGIME ONCE AGAIN. THERMAL BELTS WILL
REDEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....LOWER...88-93.
                    UPPER...81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........LOWER...19-26 PERCENT.
                    UPPER...21-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....LOWER...49-55.
                    UPPER...55-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........LOWER...79-88 PERCENT.
                    UPPER...76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....LOWER...84-90.
                    UPPER...78-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........LOWER...16-22 PERCENT.
                    UPPER...21-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-6
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...JOSLYN OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.GOATA.01/MSO