FNUS75 KGGW 211814
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAWK...LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1214 PM MDT THU JUL 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1147 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A CALM...DRY AND WARM DAY TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM SET TO PUSH THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BEGINNING ON
FRIDAY. ABOUT MID-AFTERNOON FRIDAY...THIS BURN AREA WILL BEGIN TO
EXPERIENCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MATURE WELL EAST OF THE FIRE BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6
                    TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...MICKELSON
REQUESTED BY...LEWISTON DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110719.HAWK_.01/GGW