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SPOT FORECAST FOR RESCUE...HELENA DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1141 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1113 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AROUND 1400..AND LASTING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. WINDS SHOULD BE TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE
NORTH THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW...WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT GENERAL WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
                    GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
                    GUSTS COULD EXCEED 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY IN THE EVENING...AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WIND WILL SHIFT TO OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...JANAKOWSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090726.RESCU.01/TFX