FNUS75 KMSO 022040
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY GULCH RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
240 PM MDT TUE APR 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1450 MDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. WISE RIVER RAWS
HAD A GUST TO 17 MPH LAST HOUR.  NO BIG CELLS APPROACHING THE FIRE.
BUILDUPS HAVE BEEN SHALLOW AND WEAK AND MIGHT PRODUCE A SPRINKLE
AND A GUST OF WIND AT BEST. CELLS ARE NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
LIGHTNING AND AT THIS POINT PROBABLY WONT GET STRONG ENOUGH FOR
LIGHTNING.

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE NEAR 5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    8-12 MPH AFTER 1500 WITH GUSTS NEAR 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8-10 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS OF 15-18
                    MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 3-6 MPH BY 2400.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GIBSON
REQUESTED BY...KEN HARRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130402.DRYGU.02/MSO