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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGGINS PARK...LEWIS & CLARK N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
827 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0816 MDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. HUMIDITIES GENERALLY FALLING TO 15 TO 20
PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON TODAY...RISING SOME LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. COOLER...MORE
MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE FRIDAY BEHIND THE FRONT FOR MAX TEMPERATURES
NEARLY 10 DEGREES COOLER AND AFTERNOON RH 20 TO 25 PERCENT HIGHER
THAN READINGS TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 20 TO 30 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LOSS
REQUESTED BY...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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