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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE BUTTE...LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
528 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1707 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. RAINFALL FROM THESE
STORMS HAS BEEN GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH THOUGH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. EXPECT HUMIDITY LEVELS
TO RECOVER TO ABOUT 70 PERCENT TONIGHT. AFTERNOON SHOWERS WILL
LIKELY REDEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
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.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110802.AVALA.02/TFX