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SPOT FORECAST FOR GAP FIRE...CHOTEAU COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
423 AM MDT TUE AUG 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0344 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...

.DISCUSSION...VERY DRY...WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY...FURTHER COMPLICATED BY A
STRONG COLD FRONT ARRIVING THIS EVENING AROUND 2100 MDT. RAIN
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH GOOD CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS AT THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND MAY NEGATE THE SHARPLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND ANY RAINFALL. WINDS DISSIPATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING TO
                    AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH
                    RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    OF 30 TO 35 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTH WINDS AT 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WARANAUSKAS
REQUESTED BY...KURT LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120814.GAPFI.01/TFX