FNUS75 KTFX 122234
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PITMAN...FORT BELKNAP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
434 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE
AREA THIS EVENING ALONG A CANADIAN COLD FRONT. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OF
UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OUT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND WINDS WILL BE MORE NORTHERLY AND GUSTY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WHICH SHOULD BE AFTER 9 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

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. 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 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...BYARD LAME BULL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100812.PITMA.01/TFX