FNUS75 KMSO 102055
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
255 PM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1326 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...GENERAL TERRAIN AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY EXCEPT FOR WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER 1600 MDT OVER THE FIRE.
THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE
EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR THE FIRE ON SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOP/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH WITH GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                    POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...KITSMILLER
REQUESTED BY...BRETT ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.COTTO.01/MSO