FNUS75 KMSO 271952
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR TIN CUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
152 PM MDT MON AUG 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1309 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO POP SOUTH OF THE FIRE
WITH A TRAJECTORY THAT WOULD BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE FIRE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
KEY IMPACTS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS, LIGHTNING BUT
LITTLE, IF ANY PRECIPITATION. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT, RESULTING IN POOR RECOVERIES. THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES
QUITE UNSTABLE AND VERY DRY ON TUESDAY. VERY GUSTY WINDS, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON, WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
AND THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. CRITICAL CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH EXTREMELY
POOR RH RECOVERIES AND GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A DRY
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY WITH CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...BITTERROOT DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120827.TINCU.01/MSO