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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
335 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1517 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THE MAIN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE BURN LOCATION BUT ISOLATED
STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SKIES WILL CLEAR
OUT LATE TONIGHT WITH DECENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED. ANOTHER
ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER
1300 MDT ON FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP SLOPE/UP VALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120726.ELBOW.02/TFX