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SPOT FORECAST FOR MT  HELENA...L&C DES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
612 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1745 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL 9 PM. ALTHOUGH STORMS TO THE NORTHWEST
SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE BURN AREA...OUTFLOW MAY CAUSE GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS TO THE
SOUTHWEST WILL APPROACH THE AREA IN ABOUT AN HOUR. LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY BE LESS THAN A TENTH. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST
OF THE AREA BY 9PM.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SHOWERS DIMINISHING BY LATE EVENING.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH...VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS
                    TO 45 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
RIDGE TOP WIND......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ZELZER
REQUESTED BY...PAT MCKELVEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.MTHEL.01/TFX