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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOB PLANNING FORECAST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
352 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INSTABILITY AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE BEHIND YESTERDAYS
COLD FRONT WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED
RAINSHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY DISSIPATES TOMORROW EVENING WITH GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES
OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY ON FRI BUT TEMPERATURES WILL
BE CONSIDERABLY COOLER WITH HIGHER MINIMUM HUMIDITY ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES..............2.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 20-25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING CLEAR OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............2.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...CLINT KOLARICH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120802.GOBPL.01/TFX