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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK MTN...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
835 AM MDT TUE AUG 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0805 MDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...LOW RH VALUES AND INCREASING WEST WINDS WILL RESULT
IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND A RED FLAG WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED. A LOW PRESSURE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE HILINE EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH COLD FRONT
PASSAGE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE WIND SHIFT WITH A TENTH
OF AN INCH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                    AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 20 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...BJORN WOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120814.BLACK.01/TFX