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SPOT FORECAST FOR DAVIS FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
447 PM MDT WED SEP 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1614 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND CAUSED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE REMAINING SHORTWAVE WILL
CROSS THE ROCKIES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT
BE LARGE...EXPECTED AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
STRONG RIDGE TOP WINDS OR 35 TO 40 MPH WILL WEAKEN TO AROUND 15
MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ALOFT AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN A TREND OF DRYING AND
WARMING...TEMPERATURES NEAR 50 ON THURSDAY AND LOWER 60S ON FRIDAY.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...D ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100901.DAVIS.02/TFX