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SPOT FORECAST FOR JOES MOUNTAIN...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
117 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1259 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 DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AS A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
CANADA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO FALL TO NEAR 15 PERCENT DURING
THE AFTERNOON FOR CONTINUED RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THE WEATHER SYSTEM
WILL EXIT THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR AN OVERALL DECREASE IN
WINDS. HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME DRY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH
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 BELOW
NORMAL DUE TO THE CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS...WITH MODERATE
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY.  COULSTON

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
                    BY 1600 MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO WEST
                    WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...DECREASING TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH AROUND
                    AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...STIGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.JOESM.01/TFX