FNUS75 KTFX 151518
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SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
918 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0909 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
INCREASING...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY FAST MOVING
WHICH WILL LIMIT RAINFALL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL MAY ALSO INCREASE
FIRE STARTS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH
TUESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL TO AROUND SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......

.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.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......

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FORECASTER...WILLIAMSON DC
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110815.MILLE.01/TFX