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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
206 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1328 MDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL ARRIVE
TUESDAY EVENING...WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING OFF A BIT ON
WEDNESDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITION RETURN FOR
THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 VALLEYS...NEAR 80 RIDGE TOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AT 4 TO 8 MPH. ISOLATED
                    GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH IN/NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 VALLEYS...NEAR 80 RIDGE TOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRUSDA
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120819.ELBOW.02/TFX