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SPOT FORECAST FOR TIMBER RIDGE FIRE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
759 AM MDT SAT JUL 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0731 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS...


.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THIS MORNING. THESE SHOWERS WILL GENERALLY RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN.
THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN AROUND THE AREA INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ON SUNDAY BRINGING DRIER
AND MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...KELLI FRENCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110716.TIMBE.01/TFX