FNUS75 KMSO 190157 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOW CREEK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 757 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1927 MDT ON AUGUST 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MONSOON CLOUDINESS AND INSTABILITY WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY AS THE GENERAL WIND FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY. EASTERLY WIND GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO BREAKDOWN BY MIDDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. LATE AFTERNOON MIXING SHOULD THEN TAP INTO WEST WINDS ALOFT. WINDS COULD BE GUSTY NEAR HIGH-BASED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY EARLY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST-SOUTHEAST 4-9 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH AFTER 1200 THEN WEST 3-6 MPH BY 1700 MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY...WEST 10 MPH AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52. MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. $$ FORECASTER...SIGLER REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120818.MEADO.01/MSO