FNUS75 KMSO 211706
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CORNER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1106 AM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0926 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASED MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE HIGHER RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER. A TROUGH MOVING OVER THE AREA
WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST
TIMING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 1300 AND 1600. WIND
GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE WEST/NORTHWEST AROUND 1600 AS A WEAK FRONT PASSES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...LOEFFELBEIN
REQUESTED BY...TRISHA SKINNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.STEEP.01/MSO