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SPOT FORECAST FOR TWO CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
739 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1940 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DRIER AIR WILL BRIEFLY MOVE INTO THE REGION UNDER A NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM
MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CLEARING SKIES
AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME
UNSTABLE AGAIN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. HOENISCH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY IN THE EVENING...CLEARING
                    AFTER SUNSET.
CWR.................ZERO PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
                    EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...SHEILA WEATHERWAX
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090727.TWOCR.01/TFX