FNUS75 KMSO 212047
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOAT AND DITCH FIRES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
247 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1312 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...OUTFLOW WIND FROM THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH WILL
CAUSE SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH 1500 TURNING SOUTHWEST AFTER THIS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE FIRE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 1430 AND 1500. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
AND LIGHTING ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS HOWEVER MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AS WELL. IN THE ABSENCE OF THUNDERSTORMS A WIND SHIFT TO
THE NORTHWEST CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND 1700.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 6-9 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-6 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST AFTER 1700.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...MARGARERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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