FNUS75 KTFX 282014 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK PARK...LEWIS & CLARK N.F. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 214 PM MDT SUN AUG 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1340 MDT ON AUGUST 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL REACH THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 THIS AFTERNOON. UP-VALLEY WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON BUT AS A WEAK BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTH AND THEN TO SOUTHEAST BY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT BACK TO WEST ON MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS WITH DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3 CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........UP-VALLEY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3 CWR.................15 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LAL.................3 CWR.................20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...SYNER REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110828.ELKPA.01/TFX