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SPOT FORECAST FOR WARD RD  FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1156 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2346 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOIST AIR IS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA THIS EVENING.
CONVECTION WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOURS. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE A SHOWER BUT IT LOOKS UNLIKELY AT THIS
POINT IN THE NIGHT. SATURDAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING
WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...KELLY ELDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090821.WARDR.01/TFX