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SPOT FORECAST FOR HAYMAKER...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
826 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2001 MDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES TO
THE SOUTHWEST HAS WEAKENED AND LIGHTNING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
FROM THESE SHOWERS. HOWEVER...THESE SHOWERS COULD STILL CAUSE
ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY APPROACH THE AREA...GUSTS OF
30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. CURRENT TIMING WOULD PLACE THESE
SHOWERS NEAR THE SITE BETWEEN 2100 AND 2115. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT AND BECOME TERRAIN DRIVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. GOOD RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH VALUES IN THE MID 60S. AN
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AND
KEEP THE REGION WARM AND DRY. HOWEVER...SOME MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE MID LEVELS AND KEEP AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
                    AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120707.HAYMA.01/TFX