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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOBLIN GULCH...GREAT FALLS DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
609 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0543 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM THIS EVENING
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...A SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS
THROUGH THE SITE TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM AND AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ARE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ALONG WITH AN
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BRING SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AROUND 3 PM AND BECOME NUMEROUS DURING THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE A COMBINATION OF WET AND DRY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL
BUILD SATURDAY AND BRING A RETURN OF WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
                    SCATTERED BY MID AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...MARY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.GOBLI.01/TFX