FNUS75 KMSO 161527 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR HISER SAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 927 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0857 MDT ON OCTOBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 4000-5000 BY THE END OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY WINDY TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND NOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................100 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42. MIN HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40-450 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29. MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 21-22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-36. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14-19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DECREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...RPN REQUESTED BY...DAVE SOLEIM TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20121016.HISER.01/MSO