FNUS75 KMSO 121620 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE ELK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1020 AM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0850 PDT ON AUGUST 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...GENERALLY LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD TREND WARMER THAN YESTERDAY AND THUS SLIGHTLY DRIER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-78. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81. MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. $$ FORECASTER...JENNK REQUESTED BY...ELIZABETH SCHMIDT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130812.LITTL.01/MSO