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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOB PLANNING FORECAST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
347 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1514 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...CREATING
WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MONSOONAL
MOISTURE AND A WEAKLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BRING SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT LIGHT AND
PRIMARILY TERRAIN-DRIVEN WINDS...WITH A CHANCE OF OUTFLOW GUSTS OF
30-40 MPH FROM ANY NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 INCREASING TO 4 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5-10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY EARLY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.  SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 13
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...CLINT KOLARICH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120804.GOBPL.01/TFX