FNUS75 KGGW 021358
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGEPOLE...MILES CITY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
758 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0743 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND A STRONG WIND SHIFT...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THOUGH THE BURN SITE BETWEEN 11
AM AND 2 PM TODAY. EXPECT AN ABRUPT WIND SWITCH AND THEN INCREASE
IN SPEED FROM THE NORTHWEST. COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9
                    TO 14 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...JAMBA
REQUESTED BY...MEGAN JACOBSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120802.LODGE.01/GGW