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SPOT FORECAST FOR BABY FIRE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
553 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1734 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BURN AREA IS BENEATH HIGH PRESSURE WITH GENERALLY
LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES CENTRAL MONTANA LATE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL
MONTANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH SURFACE WINDS BECOMING GUSTY AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...FOLLOWED BY A STRONG WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST. MPJ

.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP-SLOPE/UP-CANYON WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......VARIABLE WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
                    THUNDERSTORM AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......EAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST IN THE LATE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GARBER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120702.BABYF.01/TFX