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SPOT FORECAST FOR PLANNING SPOT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
438 PM MDT SUN JUL 15 2012

IAP FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS FIRE FOR MON JUL 16 AND TUE JUL 17
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS NEXT WAVE OF MONSOON MOISTURE PUSHES NORTHWARD.
SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY AS MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
AGAIN PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...CLINT KOLARICH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120715.PLANN.01/TFX