FNUS75 KTFX 031544
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE BUTTE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
944 AM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0917 MDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT QUITE MORNINGS...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS TODAY AND TOMORROW. SOME
STORMS COULD PRODUCE NEAR A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
                    AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 - 15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5-10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 5 -10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5-10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JOH
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110803.AVALA.01/TFX