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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEESWAX FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1156 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1125 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE BURN AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. STORMS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.  WILLIAMSON DC


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST UP TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................55 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH

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FORECASTER...WILLIAMSON DC
REQUESTED BY...SHEILA WEATHERWAX
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100731.BEESW.01/TFX