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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEAD CANYON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
416 PM MDT SAT SEP 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT
ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN GUSTY BEHIND AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. RH VALUES SHOULD RECOVER TO BETWEEN 70
AND 80 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS SHIFTING TO A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION.

.THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1800 MDT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST-SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORM
                    GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0200 MDT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15
                    TO 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SYNER
REQUESTED BY...DARWIN REYNOLDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090919.MEADC.01/TFX