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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
637 AM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0615 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT MORNING WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT MORNING WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120818.ELBOW.01/TFX