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SPOT FORECAST FOR TEMPLE GULCH...USFS - LEWIS & CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
548 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0530 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER DAY OF UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE BURN
AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 2 PM TODAY AND
THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS. TODAY SHOULD BE THE LAST VERY WARM DAY FOR
AWHILE...AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEAR/SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL READINGS FOR MUCH OF THE UP-COMING WEEK. BRUSDA

IN TERMS OF PRECIP...NO PRECIP FELL OVER THE BURN AREA SINCE
MIDNIGHT. A SCATTERED SHOWER...WITH UP TO 0.20 INCHES OF PRECIP
AFFECTED PORPHYRY PEAK BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT MOST OF THIS PRECIP
SHOULD HAVE MISSED THE BURN AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
                    AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS NEAR 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS BECOMING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090726.TEMPL.01/TFX