FNUS75 KTFX 011138 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK PARK...LEWIS & CLARK N.F. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 538 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1922 MDT ON AUGUST 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...GUSTY WEST WINDS FRIDAY... .DISCUSSION... A COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AT TIMES...MAINLY LATE THIS MORNING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BECOME LIGHT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY AND BECOME GUSTY AS A DRY COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...SHIFTING WINDS BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. CWR.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................2. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER EARLY IN THE EVENING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38. MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-VALLEY 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................ZERO. MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...HOENISCH REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110831.ELKPA.01/TFX