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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CREEK...BLM LEWISTOWN DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
720 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1903 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
INCREASING WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY
WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 10 PERCENT AND CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND A
SHIFT TO GUSTY WEST WINDS LATE THURSDAY EVENING BETWEEN 9 PM AND
MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE STILL ANTICIPATED.

.REST OF THIS EVENING...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MISSING.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...VANDENHEUVEL
REQUESTED BY...PETERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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