FNUS75 KMSO 092311
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
511 PM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1552 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING TOWARDS
THIS WILDFIRE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO HALF AN INCH AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA BY
1800 PDT WITH LIMITED REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY. BUT THESE STORMS SHOULD BE WEAKER AND ONLY AFFECT THE BURN
AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH
                    THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................80 PERCENT THIS EVENING...10 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-5 MPH...EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    WHERE WINDS WILL BE SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

$$

FORECASTER...DICKERSON
REQUESTED BY...ELIZABETH SCHMIDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130809.EASTF.01/MSO