FNUS75 KTFX 310516
FWSTFX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAFOND...FERGUS COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1116 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2300 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE AREA OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...EXITING THE AREA BY 0100 MDT. THERE DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE MUCH MOISTURE WITH THESE STORMS...AND PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW WETTING RAIN LEVELS (0.10 INCHES).
HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS
AND THERE APPEARS TO BE NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THEM.
OTHERWISE...A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA
SHORTLY AFTER THE STORMS PASS...SHIFTING WINDS MORE WESTERLY AND
GUSTY FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL
BE SOME PRECIPITATION WITH THE STORMS...HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL LIKELY
REMAIN POOR. THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...BUT THEN DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FALLS TO NEAR 10 PERCENT WITH SUNNY SKIES.  COULSTON

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    LIKELY UNTIL AROUND 0100 MDT...THEN MOSTLY
                    CLEAR.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BUT WITH ERRATIC
                    GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH THUNDERSTORMS...SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH BY 0200 MDT WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH UNTIL 1200 MDT.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...KILLHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120730.LAFON.01/TFX