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SPOT FORECAST FOR TEMPLE GULCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
418 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1551 MDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINNING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
WILL MAINTAIN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE
REGION. CLOUD-COVER WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE REGION AND MOVE NORTHEAST. BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY NEAR THE FIRE AREAS WILL BE
AFTER 1700 AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE WET. GENERAL
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 10 MPH HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS FROM
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.
CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
OVERNIGHT. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WASHINGTON STATE REMAINS IN PLACE. HOENISCH

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UP-VALLEY WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090725.TEMPL.01/TFX