FNUS75 KMSO 101819
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPREAD CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1219 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1153 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY
ORIENTED ROUGHLY 10 MILES SOUTH OF YOUR FIRE ALONG A LINE FROM
MISSOULA TO POTOMAC TO OVANDO. THESE CELLS ARE GRADUALLY
BUILDING TO THE NORTH AND MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT THE FIRE BY AROUND
1300 MDT. THE MAIN RESULT WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH
LITTLE RAIN EXPECTED. THINGS WILL DRY OUT TONIGHT CREATING A DRY
AND WARM WEEKEND WITH GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.SPREA.01/MSO