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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW CREEK RX...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
935 AM MDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0920 MDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
IT WILL BE DRY THROUGH TONIGHT. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THEY WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH BREEZY
AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE FIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOONS.
COULSTON

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    5 TO 15 MPH BY 1500 MDT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    WEST (DOWNSLOPE) 4 TO 7 MPH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120403.CROWC.01/TFX