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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
843 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0810 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE FIRE AREA BY THIS
AFTERNOON AS A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
CANADA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AGAIN TODAY
FOR CONTINUED RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR AN OVERALL DECREASE IN WINDS.
HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME DRY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH A
RETURN TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.
OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...LOWS TONIGHT
WILL COOL TO WELL BELOW NORMAL DUE TO THE CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING
WINDS...WITH MODERATE TO GOOD OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY.  COULSTON

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO AROUND 10
                    MPH AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...DECREASING TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...ELBOW PASS L O
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.ELBOW.02/TFX