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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS...LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
835 AM MDT SUN JUL 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0813 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID-WEEK RESULTING IN
WARM AND DRY AFTERNOON CONDITIONS. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
ARE THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL START OUT VERY SIMILAR WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE
CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES ON MONDAY. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1
HAINES..............3

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2-3
HAINES..............4

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FORECASTER...GUSTAFSON
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120729.ELBOW.01/TFX