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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIRCH CREEK...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
928 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2108 MDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN AREA
OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE OVERALL PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE ON
THURSDAY. THE AIRMASS WILL DESTABILIZE AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND CONTINUING INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS THOUGH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
                    ...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110803.BIRCH.02/TFX