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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
150 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1312 MDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE BURN AREA BUT THE AIRMASS WILL
CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME A BIT
MORE WIDESPREAD ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THAN 1.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.ELBOW.02/TFX