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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1503 MDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE BURN
AREA FOR DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MID-DAY ON THURSDAY. A WEAK
MONSOON FLOW AT THE MID LEVELS WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MONTANA THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
BY MID TO LATE IN THE DAY. MPJ

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 3 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL ABOUT 1400...THEN 2.
HAINES..............3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120725.ELBOW.02/TFX