FNUS75 KTFX 261839 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD BEAR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1239 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD BEAR...FS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1236 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1207 MDT ON AUGUST 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... VERY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY WITH BUILDING CUMULUS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WETTING RAINS MAY BE LIMITED WITH SOME THUNDERSTORM CELLS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH BREEZY WEST WINDS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BUILDING CUMULUS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82. MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE GUSTS TO 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH OUTFLOW AND THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59. MAX HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. $$ REQUESTED BY...KYLE INABNIT REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE