FNUS75 KMSO 110127
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIPER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
727 PM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1907 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CONCERNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT: CELLS THAT
ARE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. SO
FAR, STORMS ARE PRODUCING ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30-40MPH WITH
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT
FURTHER NORTH AND EAST, POTENTIALLY IMPACTING THE FIRE AFTER
2100. VERY LARGE STORM BUILDUP CAN LIKELY BE SEEN CURRENTLY ALONG
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EAST OF THE FIRE, BUT THOSE STORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AND AWAY FROM THE FIRE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR SUNDAY AFTER 1500-1600,
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD WITH A MUCH GREATER CHANCE OF AFFECTING
THE FIRE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS (IN ADDITION
TO LIGHTNING) ARE ALSO EXPECTED.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5-6 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC UNDER STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.


.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC UNDER STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.


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FORECASTER...ALLEGRETTO
REQUESTED BY...CRANMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.PIPER.01/MSO