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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGGINS PARK...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
335 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1508 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN-INDUCED
TONIGHT...THEN WILL SHIFT WESTERLY AND INCREASE ON THURSDAY. LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON
THURSDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS WITH THE APPROACHING FRONT IS UNCERTAIN
AT THIS TIME.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT TERRAIN-INDUCED WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY TO PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATER IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120801.HIGGI.01/TFX