FNUS75 KMSO 131648
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWAMP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1048 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0930 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE DISTURBANCE CAUSING CLOUD COVER AND LIGHT RAIN
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OUT OF YOUR FIRE AREA THIS MORNING.  THE
SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY, THEN BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE
ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK CAUSING
A WARMING AND DRYING TREND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...MELISSA OLIVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.SWAMP.01/MSO