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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...DNRC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
616 AM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0555 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE COMPLEX BETWEEN 3 PM AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE COLD
FRONT. WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BUT
THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT AS THE
WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. MOUNTAINS COULD BECOME
OBSCURED. EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A DECREASING THREAT FOR
PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200 THEN 3.
HAINES..............3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 VALLEYS...68-73 RIDGE TOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-25 PERCENT VALLEYS...25-30 PERCENT RIDGE TOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400 THEN 2.
HAINES..............3.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48 VALLEYS...48-53 RIDGE TOPS.
MAX HUMIDITY........91-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200 THEN 1.
HAINES..............3.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 VALLEYS...58-63 RIDGE TOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT...30-35 PERCENT RIDGE TOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BLANK
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.ELBOW.01/TFX