FNUS75 KMSO 101739
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST MARSHALL CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1139 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1113 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 24 MILES SOUTH OF YOUR FIRE ALONG A LINE FROM
MISSOULA TO POTOMAC TO HELMVILLE. THESE CELLS ARE GRADUALLY
BUILDING TO THE NORTH AND MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT THE FIRE BY AROUND
1400 MDT. THE MAIN RESULT WILL BE FROM LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
THINGS WILL DRY OUT TONIGHT CREATING A DRY AND WARM WEEKEND WITH
GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6-9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...PALLISTER
REQUESTED BY...MAXINE TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.WESTM.01/MSO