FNUS75 KMSO 281514
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR MINK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
914 AM MDT TUE AUG 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0737 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
BUT BECOME WORSE OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING DRY COLD
FRONT. VERY POOR RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER
THE FIRE BETWEEN 9AM AND 11AM PDT WEDNESDAY MORNING WHICH SHOULD
HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE AFTERNOON,
THUS KEEPING THE HUMIDITY LARGELY AT BAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN UP SLOPE/UP CANYON WINDS OF 1-3 MPH
                    THIS MORNING BECOMING WEST 8-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...JOSLYN OSBORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.MINKF.01/MSO