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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELBOW PASS COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
132 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1306 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE
BURN AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT ON
FRIDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN IN THE TEENS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH MODEST RECOVERY TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ON FRIDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............4 LOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES..............3 VERY LOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGE TOP WIND......WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...EMANUEL
REQUESTED BY...KIP COLBY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120823.ELBOW.01/TFX