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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH DEEP...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
257 PM MDT SUN SEP 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1441 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GENERALLY DRY UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WILL BRING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE BURN
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY SHOWERS THAT FORM ARE
EXPECTED TO BE VERY ISOLATED AND SHOULD NOT PRODUCE MUCH
PRECIPITATION SO THE CWR REMAINS LESS THAN 1O PERCENT.
UPSLOPE/DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...RIDGE TOP WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
OVERNIGHT AND VEER TO THE WEST. MPJ

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH 8 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 12 TO 17 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090913.SOUTH.01/TFX