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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
348 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1527 MDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS DECREASE LATER
THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOME ON TUESDAY...HOWEVER BREEZY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH LOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH DIMINISHING TO SOUTHWEST
                    15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BERNHARDT
REQUESTED BY...ELBOW PASS L O
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120723.ELBOW.02/TFX