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SPOT FORECAST FOR DAVIS FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1238 PM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1207 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON/OREGON WILL MAKE STEADY
PROGRESS EASTWARD TODAY. CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THRU THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS ARE MOVING
INTO THE FIRE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. OVERCAST SKIES AND WIDESPREAD RAIN ARRIVE THIS EVENING
AND WILL CONTINUE THRU SUNDAY. CURRENT RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE ONE-
THIRD TO ONE-HALF INCH FOR SATURDAY EVENING THRU SUNDAY NIGHT.
A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 7500 FEET
ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS
                    AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE AT 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...D ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100828.DAVIS.01/TFX