FNUS75 KTFX 161759 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW CR 25...FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1159 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1210 MDT ON MAY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE GOOD. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87. MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ZELZER REQUESTED BY...THOMPSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120516.CROWC.03/TFX