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SPOT FORECAST FOR AG FIRE...CHOTEAU COUNTY SHERIF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
928 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2101 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT SHOULD BE CURRENTLY...OR SOON WILL
BE... CROSSING THE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS
15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH APPROXIMATELY 2
HOURS BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE WEST WILL REACH THE BURN AREA IN ABOUT AN HOUR. GUSTY
WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. LIGHT SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
FOR DRYING CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN...BUT WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER
TEMPERATURES.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...CURT LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.AGFIR.01/TFX