FNUS75 KTFX 210000 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR ROBINSON...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 600 PM MDT THU MAY 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1737 MDT ON MAY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A FEW SHOWERS MAY MOVE OVER THE FIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...BUT THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN IS LOW. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BUT A FEW GUSTS COULD STILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THROUGH EARLY EVENING UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN. WITH THE PRECIPITATION THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER WELL OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE FIRE AREA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PRECEDES THE SYSTEM. MUCH MORE MOIST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND AS THE PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. COULSTON SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38. MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...COULSTON REQUESTED BY...LEWISTOWN DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100520.ROBIN.01/TFX