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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAREDO...ROCKY BOY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
453 AM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0416 MDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BURN AREA THIS
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
REACH THE UPPER TEENS TO THE LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH BY LATE MORNING
AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON. BY EARLY EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN
AREA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE 9 PM HOUR. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER 9 PM. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 18
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...ROCKY BOY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120331.LARED.01/TFX