FNUS75 KTFX 261031
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOVER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
431 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2212 MDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
SUNNY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH CUMULUS BUILDING AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING AFTER 1400. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
BE BETWEEN 1600 AND 1900 AND GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.
OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE DRIVEN BY THE TERRAIN TODAY
WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE RIDGES. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN
EXPOSED LOCATIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BUILDING CUMULUS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1...2 AFTER 1400.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH...GUSTS TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3...2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50...50-55 MID-SLOPE TO RIDGETOP.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE 3-5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.HOOVE.01/TFX