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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN TRAIL...HELENA DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
832 AM MDT THU SEP 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0809 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NOCTURNAL INVERSION EXPECTED TO BREAK AROUND 10 TO 11 AM WITH
INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS...BECOMING GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. DRY
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS SHIFTING
TO THE WEST LATE AFTERNOON THEN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME
LIGHTER OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. IMPROVED RH
RECOVERIES TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SYNER/WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...SONNY STIGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090910.INDIA.01/TFX