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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN TRAIL...USFS - LEWIS & CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
624 PM MDT FRI SEP 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1805 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA TONIGHT
FOR CLEAR SKIES AND GENERALLY LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. THERMAL
BELTS WILL LIKELY SET UP ALONG THE MID TO UPPER SLOPES ONCE AGAIN
WITH A STRONG INVERSION DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BETWEEN
4 AND 6 AM. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THE INVERSION WILL LIKELY
REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL 10 OR 11 AM. ONCE THE INVERSION BREAKS
ANTICIPATE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE BECOMING BREEZY
IN THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45...55-62 IN THERMAL BELTS.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT...35-45 IN THERMAL BELTS.
WIND (20 FT)........TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN
                    5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WIND 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING EAST-SOUTHEAST
                    4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1O TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...DAVID GEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090911.INDIA.01/TFX