FNUS75 KTFX 211558
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
958 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0912 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO RESTRENGTHEN OVER THE
REGION TODAY AND SUNDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM OVER ALBERTA BEGINS TO PUSH
TO THE EAST. A STRONG WESTERLY JET STREAM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS
STORMS SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON. BY EVENING THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY RESULTING IN
DECREASING WINDS ALONG WITH A SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL PUSH BACK INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY RESULTING
IN ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX SHOWN AS 4 FOR
TONIGHT IS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH THE INDEX LOWERING
FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING TO 20 IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............4

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1 IN THE MORNING...2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES..............5

$$
FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120721.ELBOW.01/TFX