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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE BUTTE...LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
500 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND MOVE
EAST. A LINE OF STORMS MAY MOVE THROUGH IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO
AND BEHIND IT SHOULD ONLY BE ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING.
CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WITH THESE STORMS
MAY BE OCCASIONALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC. HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO
ABOUT 70 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS TOMORROW LOOK TO MIRROR
TODAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES BEFORE
SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITY SHOULD
BE ABOUT 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110801.AVALA.02/TFX