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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOBLIN GULCH...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
145 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1318 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BRING AREAS OF MID/HIGH CLOUDINESS WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO
THE LOW TO MID TEENS TODAY AND INTO THE MID TEENS TO AROUND 20
PERCENT ON THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE
MODERATE...BUT IT MAY BE BETTER IF A STORM PRODUCES RAINFALL DIRECTLY
OVER THE FIRE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE OVER THE AREA
LATE THIS EVENING (LIKELY AFTER 2100 MDT)...WHICH WILL SHIFT GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS MORE WESTERLY. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.  COULSTON


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500 MDT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    30 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...COULSTON
REQUESTED BY...MARY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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