FNUS75 KTFX 271619
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MACDONALD PASS...HELENA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1019 AM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0954 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL REMAIN
RELATIVELY LIGHT AND OUT OF THE EAST TO NORTHEAST IN THE FIRE AREA.
THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DECREASE TODAY AS WELL...WHICH WILL
KEEP WIND GUSTS THAT MIX DOWN DURING AFTERNOON HEATING TO AROUND
20 MPH. A DRY AIRMASS WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR AND ALLOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON...
DESPITE DAYTIME HIGHS BEING ALMOST 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE
FROM YESTERDAY.  COULSTON

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...TOBIN KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090927.MACDO.03/TFX