FNUS75 KTFX 050051 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR 79 COULEE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 651 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1827 MDT ON AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FROM OBS RECORDED WITH THE THE SPOT REQUEST AREA APPEARS TO BE RATHER SHELTERED FROM THE GENERAL WINDS OUT OF THE EAST NORTH EAST. IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REQUEST AN UPDATE. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH RIDGE TOP WINDS COMING FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME CONVECTION TONIGHT AFFECTING THE FIRE AREA. OTHERWISE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE RATHER QUIET. MOISTURE WILL MOVE IN TOMORROW FROM CANADA AND COULD CAUSE SOME GUSTY WINDS AS THE FIRST STORMS DEVELOP. OTHERWISE GENERAL WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST AND HAVE LIMITED INFLUENCE ON THE FIRE AREA. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................05 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56. MAX HUMIDITY........85-87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH DRAINAGE WINDS PROBABLE WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WINDS COULD BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78. MIN HUMIDITY........38-42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DOMINATED WINDS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A NORTHEAST PUSH COULD AFFECTED THE AREA AHEAD OF SOME PRECIPITATION MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH LATE WEDNESDAY. EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH $$ FORECASTER...SUK REQUESTED BY...MARK MAYERNIK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090804.79COU.01/TFX