FNUS75 KMSO 181732
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR VISTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1132 AM MDT TUE SEP 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1017 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO REMAIN THE DOMINANT FACTOR
OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN
CONTINUED DRY, STABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE FIRE ALONG
WITH VERY LIGHT, TERRAIN DRIVEN, DIURNALLY INFLUENCED WINDS.
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE VALLEYS WILL BE DECENT HOWEVER OVER THE
HIGHER ASPECTS OF THE FIRE EXPECT EACH NIGHT TO BRING POORER
RECOVERIES AND THE FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THERMAL BELTS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...MARGARERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120918.VISTA.01/MSO