FNUS75 KMSO 130236
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRAIGMONT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
836 PM MDT SUN MAY 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1919 PDT ON MAY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE BREEZY THIS
EVENING...EVENTUALLY DECREASING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL
INCREASE AGAIN SHORTLY BEFORE NOONTIME. A VERY STORMY AFTERNOON IS
EXPECTED FOR MONDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONGER WINDS.
FORTUNATELY...WE DO EXPECT RAIN WITH THE STORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH. DECREASING AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10-15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8-12 MPH BY
                    LATE MORNING. WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH
                    AND GUSTY BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...MSJ
REQUESTED BY...J  MILLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130512.CRAIG.01/MSO