FNUS75 KTFX 261709 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR CORRAL...DNRC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1109 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1048 MDT ON JUNE 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1200 AND 1400... .DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO ALBERTA TODAY WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE BUT MAY SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND BECOME GUSTY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME VERY GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HUMIDITIES BRIEFLY FALLING BELOW 20 PERCENT ALONG AND FOR A FEW HOURS FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS HUMIDITIES RECOVER ABOVE 20 PERCENT. COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY HOWEVER THE AIRMASS WILL BE DRY WITH BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH BUILDING CUMULUS AND AN ISOLATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................5 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGE TOP WIND......WINDY. WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH AFTER .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...HOENISCH REQUESTED BY...KIM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120626.CORRA.01/TFX