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SPOT FORECAST FOR THUNDER MOUNTAIN...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
753 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0719 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
QUIET WEATHER THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUDS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE
GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. IT REMAINS WARM AND MOSTLY DRY FOR WEDNESDAY.
THEN A COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT.
EXPECT GUSTY WEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES SHOULD ARRIVE ON FRIDAY.
BRUSDA

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 IN VALLEY...NEAR 80 AT RIDGE TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME
                    STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 90 VALLEY...NEAR 78 RIDGE TOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...JESS SECREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120731.THUND.01/TFX