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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPECIMEN...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
557 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1731 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...
CONDITIONS WILL BE QUIET TONIGHT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY. A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...THEN MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL
SHIFT MORE NORTHERLY BEHIND IT. WITH HUMIDITIES MOSTLY FALLING TO
NEAR 20 PERCENT AS WELL...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
COULSTON

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...SPENCER GILCHRIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120801.SPECI.01/TFX