FNUS75 KMSO 111624
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1024 AM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON JUNE 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS ARE REMAINING SOUTHWEST OF
THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING WITH SOME CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVER NEARBY
TERRAIN. EXPECT CLOUDS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING IN A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE BURN SITE LIES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA
FROM SALMON IDAHO TO BUTTE MONTANA WHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
AND SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATCHOUT FOR
ERRATIC WINDS GUSTING NEAR 35 MPH AROUND STORMS. LIGHTNING HAS
ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED THIS MORNING WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE BURN
SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-13 MPH. OCCASSIONAL GUSTS TO
                    18 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    35 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LEACH
REQUESTED BY...CADDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130611.SANDC.01/MSO