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SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR HILLS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
152 PM MDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1331 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP THE FIRE AREA DRY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND POOR
OVERNIGHT RECOVERY ON THE MID SLOPES. ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT. THESE INCREASING WINDS
AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE FOR POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
COULSTON

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT LITTLE IF ANY
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. A MORE
SEASONABLE AIRMASS WITH OVERALL HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110910.TAYLO.02/TFX