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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHOOP-UP...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
823 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1959 MDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE EVENING. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MEAGHER
COUNTY AT 2000L WAS MOVING EAST. CURRENT TIMING WOULD BRING THIS
SYSTEM OVER THE BURN SITE AROUND 2100L. MAIN WEATHER ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LIGHTNING. HAIL
WOULD BE PEA SIZED OR SMALLER. MOST CONVECTION SHOULD BE ENDED BY
MIDNIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...VARIABLE GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120710.WHOOP.01/TFX