FNUS75 KTFX 012259
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KING CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
459 PM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1625 MDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

A WARM AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
MAY PRODUCE VERY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING
BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY RISE
AS THE AIRMASS MOISTENS THIS EVENING WITH GOOD RECOVERIES EXPECTED
AT LOWER SLOPES AND DRAINAGES...HOWEVER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL
NOT BE AS GOOD OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGETOPS. SLIGHTLY
COOLER...BUT STILL WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
                    THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50 LOWER SLOPES AND DRAINAGES...50-55
                    MID SLOPES TO RIDGETOPS.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT LOWER SLOPES AND
                    DRAINAGES...40-45 PERCENT MID SLOPES TO RIDGETOP.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING...DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111001.KINGC.01/TFX