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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
909 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0848 MDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING OVER MONTANA WILL KEEP
CONDITIONS DRY TODAY AND MUCH OF TOMORROW. SMALL AREA OF MOISTURE
ARRIVING THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. TEMPERATURES WARMING
A FEW DEGREES WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER MINIMUM HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TOMORROW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR SKIES EARLY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES..............3 INCREASING TO 4 IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WITH VARIABLE
                    DIRECTION GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120725.ELBOW.01/TFX