FNUS75 KMSO 141906
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CORNER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
106 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1246 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VALLEY INVERSIONS WILL FORM AGAIN OVERNIGHT BUT WILL
BE WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT.
INVERSIONS WILL BE ENHANCED IN THE MORNING BY COOL NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WITH THE COLD FRONT...BUT WILL NO LONGER BE
RESTRICTED TO THE VALLEYS. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST
AND THEN EAST EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH THE COLD FRONT. INVERSION
BREAK WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 6-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST T WINDS 10-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING EAST 10-12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LEACH
REQUESTED BY...BRIANA LUEKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120814.STEEP.01/MSO