FNUS75 KGGW 010115
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGEPOLE...BLM LED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
715 PM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1849 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER MUSSELSHELL COUNTY
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WELL AHEAD OF THE STORMS...
SOME OF WHICH COULD IMPACT THE LODGEPOLE FIRE. OTHERWISE EXPECT
INCREASING CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS WILL BE ON THE
WARM SIDE...THUS ONLY MODERATE RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED. WEDNESDAY
WILL BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THEN TODAY.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CUMULUS). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH BY 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 2100 THEN 3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    BY LATE MORNING. WINDS GOING NORTHWEST DURING THE EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE MORNING.
LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 1.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...GILCHRIST
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120731.LODGE.01/GGW