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SPOT FORECAST FOR LIONS...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
819 AM MDT MON AUG 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0802 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UNSTABLE AND RELATIVELY MOIST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WILL LEAD TO AN
INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABLE TO CREATE GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER A BRIEF WIND SHIFT ACCOMPANIED BY SOME
LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................2
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......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.
LAL.................3
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110801.LIONS.01/TFX