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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE BUTTE...LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
545 PM MDT SUN JUL 31 2011

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT
WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL NOT LIKELY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF DRIER
AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY AND
MAY BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC AT TIMES AS SOME STORMS PASS BY.
MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE NEAR 20 PERCENT BUT RECOVER TO NEAR 70
PERCENT OVERNIGHT. MONDAY SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPS ABOUT 5 DEGREES
COOLER WHICH SHOULD HELP BRING MINIMUM HUMIDITIES UP A BIT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110731.AVALA.02/TFX