FNUS75 KMSO 102158
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE ELK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
358 PM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1444 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER 1600 MDT OVER THE FIRE. THERE IS STILL A
THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS 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.........INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY 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.....47-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY 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.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UNDER
                    ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...ELIZABETH SCHMIDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.LITTL.01/MSO