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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOOSE CHASE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
848 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0829 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE AIRMASS VERY WARM
AND GENERALLY DRY ALTHOUGH IT WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
INCREASED CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER NOON WITH THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING AFTER 1600 AND ENDING EARLY EVENING. THESE
SHOULD BE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING AND
WETTING RAIN WILL BE LIMITED. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
ALTHOUGH STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM
THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BUILDING CUMULUS WITH ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    5-10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...KRIS GEORGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110826.GOOSE.01/TFX