FNUS75 KMSO 171254 FWSMSO SPOT FORECAST FOR DAMNATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 654 AM MDT SAT AUG 17 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0628 MDT ON AUGUST 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE FIRE BETWEEN 0730 AND 0900 MDT. THESE SHOWERS WILL MAINLY PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN (LIKELY NOT A WETTING RAIN), SOME GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHTNING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, HOWEVER THE CHANCE IS FAIRLY LOW. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE MORE TERRAIN DRIVEN HOWEVER THERE IS POTENTIAL TO SEE SOME WEST WINDS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE TOP OF THE FIRE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH BECOMING WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....BOTTOM 41-46...TOP 45-50. MAX HUMIDITY........BOTTOM 81-86 PERCENT...TOP 65-70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-9 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5-12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. $$ FORECASTER...JENNK REQUESTED BY...JIM FLINT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130817.DAMNA.01/MSO