FNUS75 KTFX 031523
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SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN CREEK...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
923 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0903 MDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF SOUTHWEST BEFORE A STRONG WIND SHIFT TO
WESTERLY WINDS AS A DRY COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE FIRE BY MID DAY.
SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT COULD MOVE OVER THE
AREA PRODUCING VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE AREA PRODUCING GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS AND LIGHTNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SUK
REQUESTED BY...KIM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120703.INDIA.01/TFX