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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...USFS - GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
601 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1725 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY TONIGHT
THROUGH MIDDAY TOMORROW. RIDGE DRIFTS EAST TOMORROW AND MONSOON
MOISTURE WILL PUSH NORTHWARD BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. MIX OF WET/DRY STORMS ON
FRI WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MOSTLY WET STORMS ON SAT. WINDS
GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN-DRIVEN ON FRIDAY WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO
35 TO 40 MPH FROM ANY NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR SKIES EARLY THEN INCREASING CLOUDS
                    THRU THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    AROUND 20 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS S COLLIER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120712.ELBOW.01/TFX