FNUS75 KGGW 272028
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAT PATCH...LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
228 PM MDT FRI AUG 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1405 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST WILL LINGER THIS
AFTERNOON AND COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO ELEVATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BURN AREA. THE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH BY SUNSET. HUMIDITIES WILL
STRUGGLE TO RECOVER ABOVE 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A WETTER
WEATHER PATTERN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...MICKELSON
REQUESTED BY...KATIE MERWIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.RATPA.01/GGW