FNUS75 KGGW 040000
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
600 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1742 MDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DISTURBANCE IS DEVELOPING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL MONTANA. THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE BURN SITE
IN IN PETROLEUM COUNTY. THEY ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME RETAINING
THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY MOVE EAST. BUT...LATER TONIGHT CONDITIONS
SHOULD HELP TO RETAIN THE STORM STRENGTH. THESE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THURSDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH AROUND 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...JAMBA
REQUESTED BY...KELSEY ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110803.COTTO.01/GGW