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SPOT FORECAST FOR WINDY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1021 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0907 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.  ALSO, DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING OVER THE FIRE WITH
THE RH FALLING INTO LATE AFTERNOON.  RH RECOVER TONIGHT WILL
BE LOWER COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT AND FAIRLY LOW.  HIGH PRESSURE
WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN MORE TYPICAL
DIURNAL WIND PATTERNS, BUT QUITE DRY CONDITIONS.  SOME HIGH LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL START MOVING NORTHWARD TO THE FIRE AREA LATE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.   GUSTS TO 20 MPH LATE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.
                    A FEW AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS.  A THUNDERSTORM
                    MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FIRE TOWARDS EARLY
                    EVENING.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                    UPSLOPE 2-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...BAUCK
REQUESTED BY...DAVID WALKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.WINDY.01/MSO