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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOVER SPRINGS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1010 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0953 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL BREAK DOWN
ON MONDAY AS A PACIFIC STORMS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. MONSOONAL
MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER BEHIND THE
FRONT AS WELL...HOWEVER HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW AS A DRY AIRMASS PUSHES
INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WINDS COULD BE
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. WINDS COULD BE
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...
                    SHIFTING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER NOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH...
                    SHIFTING WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER NOON.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...TEVIN CHILTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.HOOVE.01/TFX