FNUS75 KTFX 072152 FWSTFX SPOT FORECAST FOR GOBLIN GULCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 352 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1514 MDT ON AUGUST 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG UPPER RIDGE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS. THIS RIDGE WILL THEN MOVE EAST WEDNESDAY AND ALLOW AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALOFT BY EVENING. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES THURSDAY. OTHERWISE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE BUT WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................2. HAINES..............4. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89. MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................15 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2. HAINES..............5. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES..............3. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83. MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.. RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...BLANK REQUESTED BY...LCNF TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120807.GOBLI.03/TFX