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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
341 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1521 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES HAVE ALLOWED THE AIRMASS NEAR THE
BURN AREA TO BECOME UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
FORMED WEST OF THE DIVIDE AND SHOULD REACH THE BURN AREA BY 1630
MDT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. ACTIVITY
DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT WITH QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY
MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MONSOON MOISTURE APPROACHES MONTANA FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400 MDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MPJ

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................3
HAINES..............3
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.
HAINES..............3
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO
                    18 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
HAINES..............4
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MPJ
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120727.ELBOW.02/TFX