FNUS75 KMSO 052358
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEELE CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
558 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1733 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN
STRENGTH AND COVERAGE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A FEW BRIEF GUSTS
REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS CONVECTION, BUT ATMOSPHERIC SUPPORT
FOR STRONGER WINDS HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST HOUR.
EXPECT WINDS TO TAKE ON A DOWN VALLEY/DOWN SLOPE TREND OVERNIGHT
AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE FIRE. A RETURN TO WARM,
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS OCCURS TOMORROW WITH SOME BRIEF
BREEZINESS LATE IN THE DAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY DESTABILIZES.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 9PM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...GUSTING TO
                    20 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5-9 MPH AFTER 9PM...DECREASING 3-6 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. BRIEF GUSTS TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER
                    4PM.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...IC GARCIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130805.STEEL.01/MSO