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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHOKECHERRY...HELENA DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
751 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1913 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT. A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH WILL BRING LIGHTER
WINDS...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL THEN
PROVIDE A DAILY CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BLANK/GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...BUTCH KROLL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.CHOKE.01/TFX