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SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR HILLS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
632 AM MDT TUE SEP 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0613 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE FIRE AREA AT TIMES DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTS
WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS
BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY AROUND 15
DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY...ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. THE COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE
MUCH MOISTURE WITH IT AND THE WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IS NOT
EXPECTED UNTIL WEDNESDAY...WHICH IS WHEN THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.  COULSTON

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110927.TAYLO.01/TFX