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SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO CANYON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
343 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1514 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE
AREA THROUGH MONDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS EVENING WILL
RESULT IN SOMEWHAT BREEZY CONDITIONS BEFORE MIDNIGHT AT THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER TONIGHT BELOW 6000 FEET. WINDS WILL BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT ON MONDAY WITH LOW HUMIDITIES IN
THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEARING SKIES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...
                    DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER NOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 10 MPH AFTER NOON.

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FORECASTER...LANGLIEB
REQUESTED BY...MARK CONWAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120812.BUFFA.01/TFX