FNUS75 KMSO 052327
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUTTE CABIN CREEK RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
527 PM MDT SUN MAY 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1645 MDT ON MAY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MONDAY WILL START OFF SUNNY WITH VARIABLE WINDS
GRADUALLY BECOMING UPSLOPE DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERALL THE WIND
WILL BE LESS THAN THOSE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS DUE TO
A WEAKER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL
BRING ABOUT SOME BUILDING CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE BURN WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR LIGHT SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A CLAP OF THUNDER. A FEW
SPORADIC GUSTS TO 15 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SHOWERS. CLOUDS
WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF SUNSHINE AND WINDS TURN
DIURNAL AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY (MONDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/SOUTHWESTERLY
                    4-7 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT (MONDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

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FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...MIKE WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130505.BUTTE.01/MSO