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SPOT FORECAST FOR RESCUE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
858 AM MDT SAT JUL 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0824 MDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO YESTERDAY. CLEAR SKIES THIS
MORNING WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 1400 MDT AND LASTING THRU
THE EARLY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS. DECREASING CLOUD COVER TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    ERRATIC GUSTS FROM STORMS MAY GUST 30 TO 35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY STEVENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090725.RESCU.01/TFX