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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
447 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1624 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE AREA THIS
EVENING WITH BEST CHANCE THROUGH ABOUT 2100 TONIGHT. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
HOWEVER WETTING RAINS WILL BE VERY ISOLATED. CLEARING SKIES ARE
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
ROCKIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING MORNING WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS
FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOME ON MONDAY WITH AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY NEAR 20 PERCENT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55....40-45 IN DRAINAGE BOTTOMS.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70%...GREATER THAN 80% IN DRAINAGE BOTTOMS.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-DRAINAGE 3-5 MPH
                    BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................ZERO PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HOENISCH
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.ELBOW.02/TFX