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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK COULEE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
512 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1703 MDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA CAN BE
EXPECTED TO PUT OUT VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY STRONG AT
TIMES. OTHERWISE EXPECT GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TO
PREVAIL OVERNIGHT WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CLIMBING ABOVE 50
PERCENT BY ABOUT 3 AM MDT. A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE BURN AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING A CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MPJ

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GILBERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090705.BLACK.01/TFX