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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPENCER RIDGE...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
625 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0611 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.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 CONTINUE INTO 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 SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.SPENC.01/TFX