FNUS75 KMSO 302307
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR NINETEEN MILE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
507 PM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1626 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY
CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY.
HOWEVER DUE TO THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAINES
INDEX WILL REMAIN AT 6. THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANCE FOR WETTING
RAINS ON THE FIRE UNLESS THE CORE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
DIRECTLY OVER IT. EXPECT TO SEE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
UP TO 30 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL
BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO THE MONSOON MOISTURE AS
WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE
                    3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...ZUMPFE/ROBINSON
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL DARDIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120830.NINET.01/MSO