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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
342 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1518 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY SOUTH OF HELENA AT 330 PM
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE BURN AREA THIS EVENING. SOME
STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS
TONIGHT WILL HAVE MORE LIGHTNING IN THEM...THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT TONIGHT...OTHER THAN A GUSTY/ERRATIC
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. EXPECT SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN
ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...WINDS WILL
SWITCH AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST BY TUE AFTERNOON...AND START TO
BECOME QUITE BREEZY AS WELL. WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY
NIGHT. BRUSDA.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
                    BEFORE 6 PM.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120716.ELBOW.02/TFX