FNUS75 KMSO 081549 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLD CREEK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 949 AM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0912 MDT ON AUGUST 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT TODAY OVER THE WILDFIRE AS A SURGE OF MOISTURE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WELL. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS. OTHERWISE... UPSLOPE SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE PRESENT EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDLY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76. MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...ZUMPFE REQUESTED BY...FARINHOLT-IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130808.GOLDC.01/MSO