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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH DEEP...USFS LEWIS & CLARK NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
658 AM MDT TUE SEP 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0638 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINNING ACROSS UTAH TODAY WILL
SPREAD LIMITED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MONTANA. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP OVER THE LITTLE BELT
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ONE
WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FIRE AREA IS LOW. OTHERWISE...DRY AND VERY
WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND
TERRAIN-DRIVEN TODAY...BUT THEY WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.  COULSTON

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090915.SOUTH.01/TFX