FNUS75 KMSO 222141
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAWTOOTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
341 PM MDT SAT SEP 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1459 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN TO SOUTH CENTRAL
IDAHO. BETTER RH RECOVERIES WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS SOME MOISTURE WRAPS
AROUND THE LOW. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO BRING A
POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO. THIS INSTABILITY MAY HELP
TO SCOUR OUT SOME OF THE SMOKE.

UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH A SLIGHT POTENTIAL OF A SHOWER OR TWO IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TOWARD MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING. CHANCE SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT IN THE MORNING. NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.


$$
FORECASTER...RPN
REQUESTED BY...ASHLEY SITES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120922.SAWTO.01/MSO