FNUS75 KMSO 140038 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR PIONEER FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 638 PM MDT MON MAY 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1817 MDT ON MAY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE FIRE AND WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 9PM AND 11PM MDT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN 8PM AND 9PM MDT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POTENTIALLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THREAT OF WIND AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40. MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 13-23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO 9-10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66. MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-11 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...JENNK REQUESTED BY...HUTTON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130513.PIONE.01/MSO