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SPOT FORECAST FOR MALLARD FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
218 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1308 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 REST OF THE AFTERNOON, BUT A FEW ROGUE STORMS
COULD BUILD FURTHER NORTH AND IMPACT THE SITE. THE MAIN THREAT
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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-8 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-98.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...ELIZABETH SCHMIDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.MALLA.01/MSO