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SPOT FORECAST FOR HEART LAKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1042 AM MDT SUN AUG 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1015 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH
MOST OF TODAY WITH CLOUD-COVER INCREASING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS
THE AIRMASS BECOMES SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. GENERAL WINDS WILL
BE FROM THE WEST IN EXPOSED AREAS...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN LATE IN THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1600.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH...BECOMING WEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 10 TO 15 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.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

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

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110814.HEART.01/TFX