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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
332 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 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 TONIGHT. 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.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................2

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.RIDGE.01/TFX