FNUS75 KMSO 232242
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLD CREEK FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
442 PM MDT TUE JUL 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1555 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT STILL BE LIGHTER
THAN THOSE EXPERIENCED ON MONDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BEGIN TO
STABILIZE AFTER SUNSET WITH WINDS DRAWING DOWN OVERNIGHT. MIDSLOPE
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL AGAIN BE POOR...PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO THAN
LAST NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE A TOUCH WARMER ON WEDNESDAY...
THOUGH A FEW ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS COULD
DAMPEN THOSE EXPECTATIONS SLIGHTLY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH. BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                    DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST 6-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE GIERSDORF FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130723.GOLDC.01/MSO