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SPOT FORECAST FOR TAYLOR HILLS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
511 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0448 MDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LOW THROUGH SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF
A CANADIAN COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH THE LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT
WILL CREATE A SMALL CHANCE FOR A LIGHT SHOWER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE IS A VERY REMOTE THREAT OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NEAR 5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................NEAR 5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    13 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111001.TAYLO.01/TFX