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SPOT FORECAST FOR COW CREEK...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
845 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2016 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
FIRE AREA THIS EVENING ALONG A CANADIAN COLD FRONT. ERRATIC WIND
GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OUT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
NORTHERLY/GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WHICH SHOULD BE AFTER 10 PM
MDT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE LESS LIKELY.
SHOWERS AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON
FRIDAY WITH MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
THAN TODAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL
IN THE AFTERNOON...AS THE AIRMASS SHOULD BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE.
COULSTON

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CLOUDY
                    WITH NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100812.COWCR.01/TFX