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SPOT FORECAST FOR PORCUPINE LONE POINT...HELENA DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
247 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 MDT ON OCTOBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE AIRMASS WILL BE SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON
BUT WILL QUICKLY STABILIZE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. CLOUD COVER
WILL MODERATE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT BUT RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL STILL BE GOOD. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS
THE AREA FROM THE WEST AROUND MID DAY TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD
STILL BE COOL ENOUGH THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
STRONGER AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING COLD FRONT
PASSAGE BUT WINDS WILL DIMINISH BEHIND THE FRONT.

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SHORTWAVE
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AND CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO COOL AND WINDS REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ALL THREE DAYS AND SOME SNOW
IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...LUTTRELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111003.PORCU.03/TFX