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SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD BEAR...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
324 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1510 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...THE DRY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA LATE
THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING. WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND WETTER AS WIDESPREAD
RAIN IS ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP AND CREATE LOCALLY HEAVIER POCKETS OF RAINFALL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.BALDB.02/TFX