FNUS75 KTFX 191049
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR HILLS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
449 AM MDT MON SEP 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0416 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY CROSSING THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA DURING THE
DAYTIME HOURS...WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE
SITE AROUND MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SCATTERED
RAINSHOWERS BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TODAY AND SHIFT FROM WEST TO NORTHWEST
BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING
WINDS THIS EVENING...WITH COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 15 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT UNTIL 2100 MDT...THEN 0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND
                    5-10 MPH AFTER 2100 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10-15 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110919.TAYLO.01/TFX