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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSS FORK...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
136 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1322 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

LIGHT WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME MORE
BREEZY AND GUSTY OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A PACIFIC LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL ALSO FALL TO BELOW 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 TO GOOD OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY.  COULSTON

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY 1600
                    MDT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AROUND AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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