FNUS75 KMSO 081842
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLAZING SADDLES UNIT 4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1242 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1205 MDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE GENERAL THEME BETWEEN TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY RESULTING IN WARM DAYS AND NIGHTS, LOW HUMIDITY READINGS
AND DIURNAL, LARGELY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. THERE MAY BE AN HOUR OR
TWO RIGHT AROUND SUNSET WHERE WINDS BECOME BRIEFLY GUSTY BEFORE
DECREASING AS THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER NIGHT
TIME INVERSIONS OVER THIS BURN WILL BE WEAK AT BEST AND HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES ONLY MODEST. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM LATE THURSDAY AND
AGAIN ON FRIDAY. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE BETTER CHANCE WILL BE ON
FRIDAY. HOWEVER EVEN THEN PRECIPITATION WILL BE AT A MINIMUM WITH
GENERALLY ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OBSERVED.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...LORIE COTTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130509.BLAZI.01/MSO