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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
234 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1406 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTH THROUGH WESTERN MONTANA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO
SPECIFY TIMING/LOCATION...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. LATER THIS EVENING EXPECT
CONDITIONS TO DRY SOMEWHAT WITH SLIGHTLY INCREASED WINDS SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES MORE IN KEEPING WITH SEASONAL NORMALS AND LOW CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. BRITTON

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT...BECOMING 20 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH.
LAL.................3 BECOMING 2 BY MIDNIGHT
HAINES..............3
.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............2

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FORECASTER...BRITTON
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120720.ELBOW.02/TFX