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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOAT AND DITCH FIRES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1205 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1039 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINANT OVER THE FIRE FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF
VALLEY INVERSIONS OVERNIGHT WITH DAYTIME WINDS BECOMING DIURNAL IN
NATURE AND PRIMARILY TERRAIN DRIVEN. EXPECT TEMPERATURES EACH DAY TO
BE A BIT WARMER WITH MIN RH'S FALLING A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS AS
WELL. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON
SUNDAY, SOME OF WHICH MAY POSSES A WETTING RAINFALL.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UP SLOPE/UP VALLEY
                    4-8 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2-5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UP SLOPE/UP VALLEY
                    4-8 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...MARGARERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120907.GOATA.01/MSO