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SPOT FORECAST FOR RESCUE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1009 AM MDT MON JUL 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0947 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW CLOUDS AND PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE VICINITY THE REMAINDER
OF THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH COOL TEMPERATURES
AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES INTO THEREGION LATE TUE AFTERNOON/EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH TO NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOSS
REQUESTED BY...TAMMY STEVENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090727.RESCU.01/TFX