FNUS75 KMSO 311537
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DART CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
937 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0856 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STABLE AIR PRESENT OVER THE FIRE WILL PREVENT FULL
MIXING FROM BEING ACHIEVED THIS AFTERNOON. THAT BEING SAID, BREEZY
WINDS WITH SOME AFTERNOON GUSTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DRIVING HUMIDITY READINGS INTO THE UPPER TEENS. STABILITY WILL AGAIN
BE ACHIEVED OVERNIGHT, DESPITE THE EARLY PRESENCE OF CLOUDS, FOR
GOOD RECOVERIES WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. SATURDAY WILL BRING THE
PASSAGE OF A DRY COLD FRONT PRODUCING SOME VERY GUSTY WINDS AND
HUMIDITY READINGS INTO THE LOWER TEENS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-9 MPH AND
                    GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 4-8 MPH BECOMING WEST 12-14 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120831.DARTC.01/MSO