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SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR HILLS...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1256 PM MDT SUN SEP 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1234 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE...

.DISCUSSION...
A VERY WARM AND DRY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY WITH
INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST.
THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 1900 AND
2200...ACCOMPANIED BY A SHIFT TO WESTERLY WINDS. A COOLER AIRMASS
WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WITH HUMIDITIES INCREASING
LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE IS LIMITED HOWEVER THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    AFTER 1600.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST BETWEEN 1900 AND 2200.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH...SHIFTING TO THE WEST BETWEEN 1900 AND 2200.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS..BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY NOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110925.TAYLO.02/TFX