FNUS75 KMSO 201323
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DAMNATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
723 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0700 MDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE PASSING THROUGH CANADA HAS PUSHED A
LITTLE MORE MOISTURE ACROSS THE FIRE THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER, DRIER
AIR SHOULD SHIFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  IN ADDITION,
THE WIND WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.
HOWEVER, NIGHT TIME RH RECOVERY ON THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES
SHOULD BE LOWER TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE TO 5 MPH IN THE VALLEYS AND SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH ON THE RIDGES.  WIND BECOME WEST TO
                    SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 7-15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-45 VALLEYS AND 52-59 MID SLOPES AND RIDGES.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT VALLEYS AND 45-55 PERCENT MID
                    SLOPES AND RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6-12 MPH AND GUSTY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE...MOSTLY DOWNSLOPE AND DOWN
                    VALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY AND A LITTLE WARMER.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    3 TO 8 MPH BY MID DAY.  EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH ALONG RIDGES.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...BAUCK
REQUESTED BY...SETH CARBONARI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.DAMNA.01/MSO