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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOOSE MEADOW FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
327 PM MDT SUN AUG 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1452 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE MAIN THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GET THEIR START A LITTLE EARLIER THAN NORMAL,
LIKELY AROUND NOON, AND WILL BECOME SCATTERED IN NATURE BY THE
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ON TUESDAY, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION WHICH MEANS THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.MONDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.

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FORECASTER...JENNK
REQUESTED BY...SMUNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130804.MOOSE.01/MSO