FNUS75 KMSO 271931
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLEAK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
131 PM MDT MON AUG 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1130 PDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE SMOKE INDUCED VALLEY INVERSION SHOULD SHOW SOME
SIGNS OF WEAKENING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THINGS BECOME A BIT
MORE UNSTABLE. SUBSEQUENTLY THIS INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BRING FORTH A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS, LIGHTNING BUT LITTLE, IF ANY RAIN. THE
INVERSION WILL AGAIN STRENGTHEN TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITY READINGS BEING SIMILAR IF NOT WORSE THAT THOSE EXPERIENCED
THIS MORNING. TUESDAY WILL BE QUITE WINDY WITH VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON. RH'S WILL TANK AND BE SIMILAR ACROSS
ALL ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE. EVEN WORSE RECOVERIES CAN BE EXPECTED
TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A DRY COLD FRONT FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND/OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP: 68-73.
                    BOTTOM: 72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........TOP: 13-18 PERCENT.
                    BOTTOM: 19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-6 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 15
                    MPH ON THE RIDGE TOPS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....TOP: 72-77.
                    BOTTOM: 75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...MARGARERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120827.BLEAK.01/MSO